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Some 42,000 people converged on parliament’s grounds in New Zealand ’s capital Wellington on Tuesday — the culmination of a nine-day hīkoi , that gathered people from the far north and the deep, deep south. I watched on from a newsroom in Brisbane with incredible pride as a petition in opposition to the controversial Treaty Amendments Bill, signed by over 200,000 people, was handed over to Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke — New Zealand ’s youngest-ever MP.
If life was a race, it is clear that Māori are not even at the starting line when the gun goes off — through no fault of their own. To be born Māori in New Zealand means you are already starting life at a disadvantage. No doubt, as a country, we have work to do for all our people. Will a bill messing with the interpretation of a founding document fix that? No. Are the current state efforts working? Clearly not.
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