When Ngā Toki Whakarururanga got special access to specific information on 22 December 2021 it was too late to be effective, had to be kept secret so it couldn’t be shared, and most input had no effect.
“Without information Māori cannot effectively promote and protect their interests, hold Māori who are involved in dialogue with the Crown accountable.
Because the NZ and UK Crown have a monopoly on information, they decided what information to share, with whom, including which Māori, and under what conditions of confidentiality.
The only public information was the Crown’s good news version on MFAT’s website in webinars with its main officials and in the Agreement in Principle written by MFAT and the UK after most negotiations were done.
When Ngā Toki Whakarururanga got special access to specific information on 22 December 2021 it was too late to be effective, had to be kept secret so it couldn’t be shared, and most input had no effect.