Labour s Deputy Leader, Kelvin Davis, has talked about two spheres of government: kawanatanga - the Government, and rangatiratanga - iwi sovereignty, Collins says. Jacinda Ardern has said that consultation with Māori hasn t worked and that her Government is now working in partnership. Andrew Little has said the Crown has obligations under the Treaty to allow for decision-making rights. He expects his new Māori Health Authority to be constructed in a way that gives effect to rangatiratanga. Kelvin Davis also has a view that if the Government removes an at-risk child from a Māori family, that is a breach of tino rangatiratanga.
Majority of Kiwis think Collins is being divisive with race relations - poll Newshub 2 hrs ago
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Parliament has been a tinderbox with the race relations debate reaching fever pitch - and Newshub can reveal Judith Collins rhetoric is not resonating.
The National Party leader s sole focus of late has been doggedly claiming the Government is introducing Māori separatism by stealth.
But unlike former National leader Don Brash s Orewa speech which skyrocketed the flailing party in the polls, it seems 17 years on the rhetoric has flopped.
In our latest Newshub-Reid Research Poll, we asked voters: Do you think Labour is being separatist, and do you think National is being divisive?