EDITION #34 SEPTEMBER <strong>2017</strong> <strong>275</strong> Māngere’s times <strong>275</strong> times Our stories, our people, our Māngere Kōrero paki ō tatou, Tāngata ō tatou, Ngā Hau Māngere ō tatou IHUMĀTAO Campaign: U.N. Calls For Review Free! The United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has criticised the NZ Government’s process in setting up a Special Housing Area at Ihumātao and called for a review of the designation. Pania Newton addresses the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva, Switzerland. The UN Committee’s call comes after Pania Newton and Delwyne Roberts of Ihumātao travelled to Switzerland in August to brief CERD on the simmering Māngere land dispute. The pair represented SOUL (Save Our Unique Landscape), the mana WHAT’S INSIDE: whenua-led community group that is fighting Fletcher Residential Limited’s plan to build 480 highcost homes on confiscated Māori land near Auckland Airport. CERD’s strongly worded recommendation urges the NZ Government to “review, in consultation with all affected Māori, the designation of Special Housing Area 62 to evaluate its conformity with the Treaty of Waitangi, the U.N. Declaration on >> continued on page 2 P3: Maramataka P4: Get ready to VOTE P7: Backyard Garden Challenge
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