The Bougainville Minister for Independence Implementation, Ezekiel Massatt, has launched an attack this week on Australia, calling it a "coward when it comes to the Bougainville independence issue".
Bougainville is seeking independence from Papua New Guinea, based on the overwhelming result of the referendum on independence held four years ago. Almost all - 97.7 percent - of Bougainville voters chose independence.
Last month, PNG's Minister for Bougainville Affairs Manasseh Makiba told parliament the referendum results were non-binding, and it is only the national parliament that has the authority to determine the fate of the referendum results.
He told parliament it meant the referendum result would not take immediate legal effect until the national parliament approves or ratifies it.
This was a red rag to Massatt.
He said there is nothing in the Peace Agreement or the Constitution that said the referendum is non-binding.
That's correct but it is also the case that the word binding is not used in either document.
As well, discussion on the matter during the writing of the Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA) nearly 25 years ago led to a compromise that the referendum would go ahead on the condition it was non-binding, even if this is not spelled out.
Lady Tureiti Moxon and the head of a Māori primary health organisation, Janice Kuka, have made a request for an urgent hearing regarding the government's plans.
Māori health advocates are leading a bid to the Waitangi Tribunal to stop government plans to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority.
The government plans to disestablish the authority in its first 100 days.
Lady Tureiti Moxon and the head of a Māori primary health organisation, Janice Kuka, have made a request for an urgent hearing regarding the government's plans on 8 December.
A Waitangi Tribunal document published on Thursday said they were making the request on behalf of governors, managers, staff and Māori cared for by Māori-owned primary health organisations.
Judge Damian Stone is considering the request and has given the Crown until the end of Monday to reply.
The Māori health authority was set up last year under health reforms, with the aim of giving Māori a greater say in their own healthcare and ending poorer health statistics.
Their Statement of Claim, lodged with the Tribunal, said disestablishing the authority would prejudicially affect Māori and force Māori health providers to continue operating in an overstretched and underfunded capacity.
There would no longer be a Māori body which aimed to create services to achieve the best possible health outcomes for Māori and promote Māori health.
They pointed out historic underfunding by the crown for Māori health providers and primary health organisations (umbrella groups comprising GP practices and other community health services).
The Crown was supposed to work with Māori to change that, but had not, they said.
Abolishing the authority would be inconsistent with the Treaty principles of tino rangatiratanga, partnership and equity, the claim said.
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Still a long way to go in Bougainville's push for independence (www.rnz.co.nz)
The Bougainville Minister for Independence Implementation, Ezekiel Massatt, has launched an attack this week on Australia, calling it a "coward when it comes to the Bougainville independence issue".
Waitangi Tribunal bid made in attempt to stop abolition of Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority (www.rnz.co.nz)
Lady Tureiti Moxon and the head of a Māori primary health organisation, Janice Kuka, have made a request for an urgent hearing regarding the government's plans.
A case for preemptively defederating with Threads
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