PM accuses Collins over playing politics of Māori self-determination report
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (Photo / Getty)
PM accuses Collins over playing politics of Māori self-determination report
Mon, 3 May 2021, 6:38PM
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ruled out the idea of a Māori parliament but sidestepped other questions about a report on Māori self-determination, instead accusing the Opposition leader of politicking.
National Party leader Judith Collins said on Saturday the Government was seeking to create "two systems by stealth", with separate systems for Māori, by enacting recommendations in the report He Puapua without public consultation.
The report was produced by a working group in 2019, tasked by the Government to recommend how New Zealand could realise its commitments under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.