“The government has repeatedly attacked Māori rights, including overt opposition to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and eroded incremental gains made over the last 40 to 50 years.” — The tenth annual report of the Aotearoa Independent Monitoring Mechanism.
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“To an extent, other Indigenous peoples have looked to us for direction, because they see Māori as being pioneers in advocating for our rights. And we have been, but we can do a lot more.” — Professor Valmaine Toki, chair of the UN Expert Mechanism for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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“In Aotearoa, we’ve got one people being regulated by another people’s imposed legal system, contrary to what was agreed in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. That’s inequality.” — Claire Charters.
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“All we’re asking for is a world in which Māori make our own decisions about our own lives, the government makes its own decisions about its people’s lives, and we sit together and make decisions on matters that relate to us both.” — Professor Margaret Mutu.
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“For unity, you need to have equality — and we don’t have that in this country. We have deep social disparities creating division and separation.” — Dr Claire Charters.
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The recent attacks on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) are not just ill-informed — they’re “dangerously provocative”, writes Moana Jackson.
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