TEU Opposes ACT Party’s Racist Plan To Abolish Waitangi Tribunal
The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) opposes the ACT Party’s recent policy announcement that would disestablish the Waitangi Tribunal.
“This is more regression that reeks of MAGA-style politics which ought to find no home in Aotearoa,” says TEU National President-Māori Garrick Cooper.
Cooper, who is also an Associate Professor in Māori Studies at the University of Canterbury says, “Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the foundational document of this nation, and indeed the foundation of Parliament itself.”
“The role of the Waitangi Tribunal is to provide a check against the government’s excesses and transgressions of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. These transgressions are not only historical but ongoing.”
Cooper says the ACT Party’s policy would remove this oversight.
“With this policy, what ACT is saying is they want to abolish Te Tiriti o Waitangi. If that’s what the ACT Party want they should be more honest about something so foundationally consequential.”
Is there no end to the racist spite from ACT party leader, Seymour? He has truly crossed the line this time. Seymour, Maori were in NZ 350-400 years prior to the settlers! They owned 100% of the land; they now own less than 6% much of which has been STOLEN during Gov. George Grey’s second tenure. Now you wish to pretend they don’t now exist. It’s clear as day that the Waitangi Tribunal is necessary since all signs of Maori have been removed from most legislation by this inept, corrupt CoC!!! Why don’t you simply B-off and do us all a favour? I don’t for one minute believe you have any Maori in you – that was just another dishonest ploy to win over those who found what you were doing was uncomfortable! Go away and stay away you horrible smug, racist imposter!