UN to hear human rights complaint over New Zealand’s treatment of Māori

UN committee to consider claim by prominent Mori leader Tureiti Moxon that alleges government policies have harmed Indigenous people

The United Nations has agreed to hear an urgent complaint against New Zealand's coalition government alleging it is responsible for significant and persistent discrimination against Mori.

Prominent Mori leader, Lady Tureiti Moxon, has filed the complaint to the UN's committee for the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (CERD).