Send an Instant Message to Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand: MY NAME: MY EMAIL: POSTAL ADDRESS: Dear Helen Clark, I would like to know who gave Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials the mandate to make the comments recorded on 20 October at the UN relating to the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Cabinet hadn't even met. Did the new Minister of Foreign Affairs sign-off this change in position? Why did government change its position without informing Maori nationally? The government is in a perilous situation - it is not a majority government with a clear mandate from NZ citizens on ALL issues. Why did MFAT make such a radical shift? Do you support the original wording of the Draft Declaration? If not, why not? To date the New Zealand government has undertaken very little consultation with Maori and other interested sectors of the public on these issues and in determining what the official government position will be. What plans are in place to open up the consultation process on the government position in my region/rohe? I look forward to your response.
Send an Instant Message to Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand:
Dear Helen Clark, I would like to know who gave Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials the mandate to make the comments recorded on 20 October at the UN relating to the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Cabinet hadn't even met. Did the new Minister of Foreign Affairs sign-off this change in position? Why did government change its position without informing Maori nationally? The government is in a perilous situation - it is not a majority government with a clear mandate from NZ citizens on ALL issues. Why did MFAT make such a radical shift? Do you support the original wording of the Draft Declaration? If not, why not? To date the New Zealand government has undertaken very little consultation with Maori and other interested sectors of the public on these issues and in determining what the official government position will be. What plans are in place to open up the consultation process on the government position in my region/rohe? I look forward to your response.