Big Waitangi Day turnout in Hawke’s Bay sparks conversation for the future
Hawke’s Bay’s celebration of Waitangi Day drew big and respectful crowds and started important conversations about how the region should grapple with the nation’s founding document in the future.
“There’s a long way to go yet,” said Napier MP Stuart Nash of the journey ahead.
As an MP for 12 of the last 15 years and a Cabinet Minister for the last five and a half, Nash says he’s worked closely with Māori leaders in his portfolio responsibilities of Revenue, Fisheries, Tourism, Economic and Regional Development, Forestry and now Police.
But it still concerns him that people who don’t understand co-governance are intent on misinterpreting its meaning.
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