December 20, 2022
Māori should set rules says Green
Green MP Teanau Tuiono says other countries are doing better at recognizing indigenous self-determination than New Zealand.
Mr Tuiono worked in France for UNESCO before entering Parliament.
He says while Aotearoa is recognised internationally for its work in language revitalisation, that’s not enough.
“So it you look at places like Nunavut (in northwest Canada) and Guna Yala (in Central America) as well where they can actually make rules and pass regulations on their whenua, that in my view falls more in line with tino rangatiratanga. We don’t have any of that here,” Mr Tuiona says.