Changes To Therapeutic Products Bill A Huge Win For Māori
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 4:16 pm Press Release: Te Pati Maori
After much pressure from rongoā Māori practitioners,
health advocates, Māori health providers, patients, and Te
Pāti Māori, the Government has today announced significant
changes to the to the Therapeutic Products Bill.
The
legislation will now exempt rongoā Māori practitioners and
small-scale Natural Health Product (NHP)
manufacturers.
An advisory committee of rongoā
experts and Māori health leaders will be established to
ensure the regulation of our rongoā and mātauranga remains
in Māori hands.
“Te Pāti Māori have opposed the
inclusion of rongoā in the legislation from day one.
Bringing it into Pākehā law would criminalise our rongoā
practitioners and tohunga, just like the Crown did with the
Tohunga Suppression Act” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.
“Rongoā Māori is a
Tiriti-protected taonga that must be protected from Crown
interference.
“It’s good to see the Minister has
finally caved to the demands of our people, exempting our
rongoā practitioners from the Act” said
Ngarewa-Packer.
“I want to acknowledge the thousands
of people who have stood up against this attack on our
mātauranga. The 16,000 submitters, the 5,000 petitioners,
and the hikoi who came to Parliament with a clear message to
the Crown: ‘keep your hands off our
rongoā!’
“This would not have happened without
the people” Ngarewa-Packer
said.
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