kia mau te kaupapa tupeka kore mō ngā uri māori!!!
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Kia mau te Kaupapa Tupeka Kore mō ngā uri Māori!!!
Inquiry
Smoke-free legislation – Smokefree Environments Act
All workplaces smokefree: bars, restaurants, clubs, schools etc.
Tuariki Delamere
Tukuroirangi Morgan
Hon Tariana Turia MPAssociate Minister of Health (Tobacco)Māori Party Co-Leader
Hone Harawira MPMāori Party
Process...
2.5 years in development Vision meeting with Hone Harawira 2007
(Mere Wilson, Gevana Dean, Skye Kimura, Mary McCulloch, Rebecca Ruwhiu-Collins, Marguerite McGuckin)
Royal Commission of Inquiry?? Identified Māori Affairs Select Committee Mark Peck (former MP & Director of SFC) Bypassed Health Select Committee Cabinet approval (Turia to Key)
Whakaruruhau: Mere Wilson, Skye Kimura, Jeanine Tamati-Elliffe, Tipene Kenny, Boyd Broughton, Gevana Dean
Terms of Reference development Industry focus Submissions process:
◦ Written (Including international)◦ oral
Partnerships: ◦ Iwi ◦ Sector: Māori/Non-Māori ◦ Wider community
The Press
Outcomes...
Eru GeorgeChairTe Pumautanga o Te Arawa
Mark Solomon CEO Ngāi Tahu
Ron Nepe CEO Te Rūnanga o Turanganui-a-Kiwa
•Taitokerau•Taranaki•Kahungunu•Waikato/Tainui•Manawhenua•Mataatua
Dr Jeffrey Wigand ‘The Insider’
Graeme Amey BATNZ
Outcomes...
2025 Half prevalence rates by 2015 Legislate & regulate the tobacco industry out of
the market Mechanisms:
◦ Kaupapa Tupeka Kore ◦ Polluter pays◦ Industry denormalisation campaign◦ Product regulation (nicotine levels & additives)◦ Enforcement (particularly of underage sales)◦ Remove vending machines, retail displays◦ Tax increases annually◦ FCTC Article 5.3 – Curb industry interference◦ Support for addiction (cessation services) & campaigns
(health promotion)
2006: Smokefree Symposium Key components:
◦KAUPAPA◦TIKANGA
Control Iwi Māori settings via TIKANGA Cultural behavioural response How? Iwi Tobacco Use Strategy Iwi: Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngai Tahu Iwi: tobacco is a barrier to meeting Iwi aspirations Influence on non-Iwi within the rohe
WAI844: Lodged in 2000. Funding for the elimination and reduction of smoking amongst Māori
Claimant: Whaea Bubbles Mihinui (Te Arawa) Inquiry: Highlighted in submissions MASC Report: Advancement of the claim Plan:
◦ Urgent hearing required◦ Funding used & managed autonomously from the
Crown by Iwi, Māori Authorities etc Compensation for the:
◦ loss of lives (5 decades – 30,000 Māori) and ◦ current disparities in funding of Māori specific
campaigns, services and programmes
Where to from here..?
Advocacy:◦ Assc Minister of Health – respond within 90 days◦ALL RECOMMENDATIONS – FULL PACKAGE◦ Cascading legislative & regulatory development◦ Policy change Govt and NGOs◦ Gain cross-party support◦ Full community involvement required
Just a question...“Where is the outrage?”
CE Koop (Former US Surgeon General)
Direct Action is required – surely?
5000 attributable deaths – not enough?
600 Māori deaths – not enough?
No direct action against the Tobacco Industry – manufacturers to retailers.
Where is the Outrage?◦ What dictates this current
situation?◦ Bystander-itis? ◦ Conservatism?
Rangatahi-Taiohi
Where is the: ◦ by rangatahi/youth for rangatahi/youth response◦ Youth led – adult guided
Require Māori specific:◦ National programme:
Rangatahi ownership Direct action Training – advocacy, media, direct action
◦ Multi-media campaign: Social media TV Radio Iwi
A B C or A E I O U?
Māori framework for brief intervention Symbiotic, mutual, balanced, reflects reality
of Māori cessation service (AKP) Wero: Challenge – halve prevalence/
consumption rates by 2015 Karanga: Mihi Kōrero: Awhi Mai-Awhi Atu Koha
He whakaaro...
Journal observation:◦ Observation from 1700s◦ Communication from afar◦ Finger(s) to nose
Smokers:◦ Hongi◦ Te Ha
Public health applications:◦ Large hui◦ Illness e.g. Colds, flu (H1N1, SARS)
Regime ChangeFuturist perspective
Direct Iwi to Crown discourse (Te Tiriti o Waitangi)
Iwi Leaders Forum (?), individual Iwi/Hapū to engage
Ability to negotiate directly with the Crown – resourcing of Māori needs
All policy development, funding, legislative/ regulatory functions to have direct Iwi engagement at Ministerial, Director-General and CEO level
Policy change, funding transferred from Govt to Iwi for distribution to Māori community
Ngahiwi Tomoana Chair of NKII
Development of a separate Hauora Kaupapa Māori framework that removes Government control over “Māori health”
Based on: Kura Kaupapa, Kohanga Reo Movements
Framework already in development by highly esteemed Māori leaders from Justice, Environment, Education, Philosophy, Tikanga backgrounds
2011
