For that to happen, Labour needs to grow up and stop hinting its opponents are racist. He won't rule out anything in the report: a separate Māori Parliament, separate Māori courts, Māori governance over fisheries, and so on. A Māori business is any business with 50 per cent Māori ownership, or one classified as a Māori authority. Professor Rata warns that if we adopt the recommendations of He Puapua - and establish separate Māori systems - we are choosing the latter. That's obvious from the fact that it was hardly controversial for many that the Government announced it will set up a separate Māori Health Authority with veto power over the national health system.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 03, 2021 17:03 UTC