The Human Rights Commission, the same organisation that remained silent when Jacinda Ardern’s Government trampled all over the Bill of Rights during the Covid emergency, has now come out and essentially said that they endorse the Government’s further abrogation of the Bill of Rights and wholeheartedly back moving towards co-governance, destroying true democracy in the process.
Te Kahui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission is calling on the Government to commit to constitutional transformation and co-governance.
Two reports, Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Marama and Maranga Mai!, were released on Friday analysing the impacts of colonisation, racism and white supremacy and outlining a National Action Plan Against Racism (NAPAR).
“We all have the right to be treated fairly and to be free from racial discrimination,” Kaikomihana Whakawhanaungatanga a Iwi Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon said.
“The institutional and interpersonal racism occurring daily in our society represents a clear breach of human and indigenous rights.
“We have heard from tangata whenua and many other communities that racism continues to have a negative effect on them and their whanau. A much more positive future will be achieved when He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi are recognised as the founding documents of Aotearoa.”
Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Marama is a community engagement report for developing a National Action Plan Against Racism (NAPAR).
It surveyed over 400 people in 23 online hui and received 470 online submissions about people’s experiences of racism and how to prevent it.
“Alongside their experiences of racism, people also shared their ideas and aspirations for a future free of racism,” Foon said.
“An Aotearoa that gives effect to the inclusive promise of Te Tiriti to uphold the tino rangatiratanga of tangata whenua and provide a place to stand for all tangata tiriti.”
The report describes the history of racism in Aotearoa, how it has affected tangata whenua, ethnic and religious communities, and makes over 40 recommendations.
These include eliminating racism in key sectors, addressing the land issues of tangata whenua in a Tiriti-based way, constitutional transformation, and education about the history of colonisation and racism in Aotearoa.
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Paul Hunt is lying about everything. The Treaty says no such thing and there is no institutionalised racism in our government departments. Further, it is a complete fantasy that colonialism was wholly bad for Maori.
Paul Hunt and Meng Foon have shown that they are anti-democratic meddlers and are both unfit for office.
They and the Labour Government they serve are the actual racists; they are divisive in the extreme, hell-bent on destroying the democratic fabric of our nation.
Their recipe for the future would condemn this country to racial and sectarian violence because that is what comes from what they are proposing.
Paul Hunt seems to believe that co-governance is a human right promised by the Treaty. Article Three of the Treaty promises equal rights and duties, not co-governance. Equal rights for all before the law. What Hunt proposes is the exact opposite of what the treaty promises.
Maranga Mai! analysed the immense harm caused to Maori by colonisation resulting in discrimination, violence and impoverishment.
“The report provides a crucial perspective on extremely challenging issues which will define Aotearoa for years to come,” Te Amokapua Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt said.
“It compels us to acknowledge the white supremacy and institutional racism woven into the fabric of the colony as immigrants settled in these islands.”
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What were the Treaty settlements for then? Huh?
If you aren’t angry about where this country is heading then you really aren’t paying attention.
This is an appalling development, one which should see this Government hounded from office and the Human Rights Commission dismantled forthwith.
We are heading towards a race-based country governed and controlled by Maori elites.
It must be stopped.
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