Labour not as crazy as the Greens

Newshub reports:

Labour has poured cold water on the Greens’ idea of returning private land to iwi, with the Minister for Māori-Crown Relations saying it’s “time to move on”.  …

Neither is Māori-Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis. 

“The impression I got from the whole of the Greens’ policy is it’s a bit like painting the Harbour Bridge: after a generation, we’re almost at the end of the settlements, and now they want to start them all over again, like painting the Harbour Bridge – you finish and then you start again,” he told reporters. 

“I think it’s time for us to move on as a people. That’s my initial reaction to what the Greens are saying.”

Davis pushed back on the idea of revisiting settlements. 

“They settled, you know? These are complex negotiations over a number of years and ultimately the Crown and the tribes came to some agreement, and what has been proposed now is that we undo all those agreements and start again. 

“I think there comes a point where we just have to move on and get on with things.”

Pleased to see Labour reject the crazy policy from the Greens that we renege on every full and final settlement of the last 25 years and ratchet then up.