A United Nations committee warned that Maori rights were under serious threat and systemic disparities for the Indigenous population may worsen, in its most scathing review of New Zealand’s record on racial equality.
The report by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s (CERD) raised alarm over a range of government policies affecting the Maori population, including the disestablishment of the Maori Health Authority, budget cuts to Maori services, and moves to minimise the role of the Treaty of Waitangi in education and governance.
