As New Zealand celebrates its annual Māori language week, the government is ramping up initiatives to remove recognition of Indigenous people and language from public policy and law.
People walk past the name of Victoria University of Wellington, written in English and Maori languages as New Zealand celebrates its annual Maori language week in Wellington, New Zealand , Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. A taxi waits at a stand outside the Wellington Regional Hospital, written in English and Maori languages as New Zealand celebrates its annual Maori language week in Wellington, New Zealand , Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
As a government comprising those groups and Luxon’s ramps up initiatives stripping recognition of Māori from policy and law, analysts say they imperil New Zealand’s standing on Indigenous matters. The two groups combined received less than 15% of the national vote, but extracted a series of concessions from Luxon amounting to “an onslaught of racist policy,” said Janell Dymus-Turei, an expert in Māori health policy currently based at the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health in Colorado.
“The government are not just using legislative measures, they’re using their directive powers within their ministries” to repeal Māori rights, she added. Māori die on average seven years younger than non-Māori for women and eight years younger for men. They record higher rates of health issues — including cancers and respiratory and heart problems — that policies such as earlier screening and free doctors’ visits have sought to address.
A greater threat to Māori rights, Thomas said, was a concession won by New Zealand First, led by Winston Peters, to review and either repeal or replace all mentions of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand law, with a few exceptions.
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