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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-551/
- Published: 2022-04-22T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-23T09:47:46.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

> Maori leaders expressed **monumental ambitions** during initial discussions with the Government about how to recognise the UNDRIP. Maori Development Minister **Willie Jackson** says those discussions will shape the Government’s plan.  
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> \[…\] While specific policies such as the Maori Health Authority were discussed, the overriding focus was on recognising **tino rangatiratanga.** Across most policy areas, the Government was told it should empower Maori to make decisions for Maori.  
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> \[…\] Tino rangatiratanga is seen as self-determination, and the **ultimate power of whanau and hapu to control their own affairs.**

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Medical Apartheid. Cartoon credit BoomSlang. The BFD.

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