Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Māori Party Would Ban Conversion Therapy
Wednesday, 7 October 2020, 8:30 am Press Release: The Maori Party
The Māori Party will ban conversation therapy and fight
for the rights of takatāpui whānau, Māori Party Co-leader
and Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said
today.
“The Māori Party would ban
conversion therapy and end that disgusting practice once and
for all. We will always do everything we can to support our
takatāpui whānau,” said Mrs
Ngarewa-Packer.
“All our policies are
about supporting whanau to be who they are, and conversion
therapy, which tries to stop takatāpui for being who they
are, has no place in Aotearoa.
“Te Ao Maori has
always celebrated our diverse gender and sexual identities.
It was colonisation that started turning us against our own
whanau.
“We fully support Labour’s new
commitment to ban conversion therapy and this shows one of
the many areas where we have common ground and can work
together to advance our people’s interests,” said Mrs
Ngarewa-Packer.
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