22 Apr Declaration secures Maori Party ‘treasured place in history’ (The New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand’s first Maori High Court judge, Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie, has suggested the principles of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will find their way in time into New Zealand law, both statute law and judge-made law. Sir Edward, now retired, sent a message of congratulations to the Maori Party yesterday. The Government on Monday announced it would support the 46-article declaration, a reversal of the Labour Government’s refusal to support it in 2007, one of four countries that voted against it… go to article