Yes, UNDRIP Is Enforceable Here

Pee Kay
No Minister

Did we, the voting public, know Key had authorised the trip to New York by Pita Sharples to sign UNDRIP?

Did we heck!

Pita Sharples’ trip to New York to sign the declaration on behalf of New Zealand was kept secret.

That was not political apathy. That was political deceit.

“New Zealand has always supported the overall aspirations of the declaration, and we already implement most provisions contained within it,” said John Key. 

The statement in support of the declaration:               

• acknowledges that Māori hold a special status as tangata whenua, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and have an interest in all policy and legislative matters;
• affirms New Zealand’s commitment to the common objectives of the declaration and the Treaty of Waitangi; and
• reaffirms the legal and constitutional frameworks that underpin New Zealand’s legal system, noting that those existing frameworks define the bounds of New Zealand’s engagement with the declaration.

The signing of UNDRIP in 2010 dramatically incentivised activists and this led to the Iwi Forum commissioning the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation to produce a report, subsequently called Matike Mai.

Matike Mai was framed to clarify priorities for Māori self-determination and the pathways, including legislative, towards Māori sovereignty. From Matike Mai transpired He Puapua.

Prof Charters, co–author of the government funded report, He Puapua, deems NZ sovereignty to be a “myth”… but she is working at great speed to establish Māori sovereignty to be enshrined in law as soon as possible. Stating: “Aotearoa New Zealand needs to confront the injustices of our past and the ongoing impacts today. That starts with confronting the myth of sovereignty.”

We are living in revolutionary times. It is a coup, engineered by a small number of tribal elite thanks to successive governments willingness to sacrifice New Zealand democracy for totalitarian tribal rule.

He Puapua is based on lies and deceit and is being implemented without electoral mandate by compliant governments.

Professor Mary-Lou Kearney’s article is an excellent exposé of the dangers and liabilities John Key’s government signed us up for.

MARY-LOUISE KEARNEY: Is UNDRIP enforceable under the law of a sovereign state? Absolutely

Key words: UN legal instruments – sovereign state law - legislated UNDRIP National Action plans – legal solution to FTA issue Is UNDRIP - technically an aspirational non - legally binding UN mechanism - actually enforceable in national law? If so, why do politicians say the opposite? Are they seeking to allay citizens’ concerns? Or are they disregarding the reality of legislative processes? In recent weeks , the new NZ-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has come under fire for various reasons.

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This article was originally published by No Minister.