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UN Expert on Human Rights of Indigenous People Concludes Visit to New Zealand

UN Press Release, 25 November 2005. Statement from Rodolfo Stavenhagen, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, who visited New Zealand from 16 to 25 November 2005 at the invitation of the Government. "While there is agreement that in general the standard of living of the Maori has improved and is more satisfactory than that of indigenous peoples in poorer countries, there is also widespread concern that the gap in social and economic conditions is actually growing larger and that an increasing proportion of Maori are being left behind. Despite positive developments over the past years, there are in fact significant disparities between Maori and Pakeha in regard to social and human development indicators, especially in the fields of health, housing, income, education and social services."

http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/593D9C547C710084C12570C400369649?opendocument

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UN expert urges South Africa and New Zealand to ratify ILO 169 immediately

The UN's top expert on indigenous rights has called on the governments of South Africa and New Zealand to ratify ILO Convention 169 on indigenous and tribal peoples' rights. ILO Convention 169 is the only legally binding international instrument which upholds tribal peoples' rights to the collective ownership of their lands. Here you can read the UN reports from both countries and find out how to urge the governments to ratify the convention. (Survival International, 12 June, 2006)

http://www.survival-international.org/news.php?id=1682

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UN report adds heat to Maori rights row

A United Nations report critical of the handling of Maori issues in New Zealand has been seized upon to apply political pressure on the Government over the controversial foreshore and seabed legislation (20 August 2007).

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=252&objectid=10458745

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Unequal Impact: Māori and Non-Māori Cancer Statistics 1996-2001

This is the first cancer chartbook of Māori and Non-Māori cancer statistics. This chartbook of Māori and non-Māori cancer statistics provides comprehensive analysis of differences in cancer incidences, mortality, stage of diagnosis and survival in New Zealand using national cancer registrations, deaths data and hospital admissions data for the six-year period 1996-2001 (inclusive). The statistics in this cancer chart book are presented by gender and by total population, and are also age standardised and age specific. The results provide insights into the nature and extent of cancer disparities between Māori and non-Māori and potential points of action for improving Māori cancer outcomes. (MInistry of Health, May 2006)

http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/by+unid/D43AB8463C97D9A4CC25716F001354AA?Open

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Water debate stirs up political waves

The Maori Party claimed yesterday that the Government was unfairly claiming ownership of fresh water in an attempt to extinguish Maori customary rights without negotiation or compensation. The Government is consulting over water use through its Sustainable Water Programme of Action and says the whole country owns the water and all are responsible for it. (Vernon Small, The Dominion Post, Friday, 23 March 2007)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4002101a10.html

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With your organisation, support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

After more than 20 years of negotiations, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in June 2006. It is now being sent to the United Nations General Assembly for adoption at the end of this year. The Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust (a Maori organisation active at the UN on the Declaration) has drafted a letter to send to overseas' embassies in New Zealand and Pacific States to lobby them to prevent New Zealand and other states from amending the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples before it is voted on in the UN General Assembly at the end of this year. If you think your organisation might like to add its name to the letter, go to this website.

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/in210806.htm

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