A recent declaration of a river as a legal person in Canada recognizes Indigenous laws and governance, and champions people as the guardians of nature.
NZ’s Major Political Parties Tight-Lipped on Resignations of 2 Chinese MPs
Leaders from New Zealand’s (NZ) Labour party and National party have refused to confirm or deny whether the resignations of two Chinese members of Parliament last year was due to security concerns over their links to Beijing.
Yang Jian from the National party resigned from Parliament on July 10, 2020, while Raymond Huo from the governing Labour party resigned 11 days later on July 21.
Their exit from the political arena came amid ongoing concerns about their connections with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) affiliated bodies.
“We do not confirm or deny any security briefings that we do or don’t receive,” NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Arderntold Stuff.
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Meka Whaitiri after winning the Ikaroa-Rawhiti in 2013. A by-election in the seat was held following the death of incumbent Labour MÄori affairs spokesman Parekura Horomia. “I told [my whānau] again at the last election, and oh my God, all the nannies got up and said, ‘You will go when we tell you to go .. you listen to us. When we’re ready to let you go, you can go’. “I haven’t shied away from 2013, coming in at the by-election, that 10 years is it. I know it’s up at the next election. Of course, I’m going to have to think about 2023 probably in a year’s time, so come and ask me in a year’s time.