Kia ora koutou,

With the help of PCPD, a petition: "Public Participation on NZ government position on the text of the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" has just been set up to seek a more open and honest process for developing NZ's positions on the draft Declaration.

Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. We are trying to reach 5,000 signatures - please sign here:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/489895927

Once you have signed, you can help even more by asking others to sign as well.

If we can get this distributed over the Christmas period and obtain a good response, it will assist us in future meetings with the Crown.

Thank you!

Aroha Te Pareake Mead

http://www.thePetitionSite.com
Aroha Te Pareake Mead,
Maori Business, Victoria Management School
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600, Wellington
AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Tel: (4) 463-6911 DL
Rutherford House, Downtown Campus, RH1031
http://www.vms.vuw.ac.nz

Senior Visiting Research Fellow
Centre of Environmental Law,
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW
http://www.law.mq.edu.au/MUCEL/news/index.htm