A Māori health leader says the Government’s plan to scrap the Māori Health Authority is an attack on the Waitangi Tribunal.
The Government has signalled it will table a bill next month to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora, which was set up in response to a Waitangi Tribunal recommendation.
Lady Tureiti Moxon, who has filed a claim against the move, says the coalition is trying to strongarm its interpretation of the treaty, as well as creating division by race baiting.
“What this government is saying is there is only one sovereign government, and that is us. And we’re the ones who can make any decision that we so desire, so wished to do and that’s been my biggest nawe, because of course, under Treaty of Waitangi, it’s a covenant between two people, the crown, and Māori,” she says
Lady Tureiti Moxon says the Tribunal has nearly 50 years of jurisprudence in Treaty matters and should be respected as such.
