By Maori, for Maori the only way forward for our kids
Monday, 28 November 2016, 3:07 pm Press Release: Mana Party
By Maori, for Maori the only way forward for our
kids MANA Leader, Hone Harawira Monday 28 November
2016
“The current CYPF service continues to fail
our kids, and the government’s proposed changes will make
things even worse. The only way forward for our kids, is
for Maori – for whanau, hapu, iwi, communities,
organisations – to develop and lead the solutions
ourselves” said MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “It’s a
no-brainer.”
A nationwide hui, called by the President
of the Maori Women’s Welfare League, is being held today
to discuss the government’s proposed changes to the CYPF
Act to remove the emphasis on whanau, hapu, and iwi in the
placement of tamariki Maori in care, and determine future
action.
“CYFS continues to stuff up and the government
continues to look for blame elsewhere. Instead of working
to bring whanau, hapu, and iwi together to make arrangements
for tamariki in need, the government wants to cut us off
from our kids altogether.”
“And worse than the
finger-pointing, blame-game, it’s a move driven by the
same ugly racist and assimilationist agenda all over again:
get our kids off us and make them no longer Maori.”
“A
huge mihi to Prue and the League for calling the hui.
Myself and the rest of the MANA Movement look forward to
helping put the solutions in
place.”
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