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May 22, 2024
Seymour labels Te Pāti Māori race fanatics over 7AA repeal
Claudette Hauiti
Posted On May 22, 2024
Download AudioACT leader David Seymour has called opponents of the Bill scrapping 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act race fanaticists.
Section 7AA, which was brought in by the previous National-ACT Government, requires the child protection agency to deliver on Treaty of Waitangi principles and development partnerships with iwi and Māori organisations.
Speaking to the first reading last night, Te Taitokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the repeal amounted to a targeted extermination of Māori babies – eliminating any ounce of culture, identity or sense of their Māori selves.
That set off Mr Seymour.
“We heard the speaker from the Māori Party saying the consequences is cultural extermination, killing the wairua of Māori babies, making them pakeha. They are race fanaticist. They believe a person’s race matters more than all the other attributes that make up a person,” he said.
The bill was sent to the Social Services and Community Select Committee for public submissions.
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