Kelvin Davis

Matthew Tukaki, chair of the advisory board that has inspected Oranga Tamariki for Children's Minister Kelvin Davis, announces the board's recommendations. ( ...

He moved quickly to appoint a board of advisers, who were mostly well-known Government critics and Māori leaders. It’s one reason why Davis says the entire state care system can’t be handed over to communities right now. [minister for Te Arawhiti](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300510126/can-the-crown-and-tino-rangatiratanga-coexist-kelvin-davis-walks-a-delicate-line), where his main focus is how to improve the relationship between Māori and the Crown. Pou Tiaki is our commitment to fair representation, equity, diversity and inclusion for all. So far, he says one of these small-scale facilities is in construction – many more will be needed. Those facilities caused intergenerational harm, with children going on to create many of the gangs we see today. I’m giving it to you’. He spoke about the need to better serve whānau Māori and urged social workers to work differently. We could look after their individual needs,” he says. There are many things about Oranga Tamarilki which Davis finds uncomfortable, but he says there’s little else that can be done right now. “Now, there are 20 kids in these wings. In 2018, 6316 children were in state care.

Accusations of nastiness and race-based attacks have been flying at Parliament, in a clash between ACT and Labour over Oranga Tamariki.

"They struggle to engage on kaupapa Māori ... "When you have to resort to attacking someone on a race-based issue like that I find it quite offensive. It's no good looking at the world from a vanilla lens." "She whakapapas to Māori but she was raised in a Pākehā world, she needs to cross the bridge that is Te Tiriti o Waitangi so she gets to understand her Māori world better," he told reporters. "I'm here trying to make a difference for those children and I think looking at the world from just one point of view is actually quite destructive, and attacking me like that and basically taking away my mana - from a party that stands up and says they want to give Māori back their mana - is actually quite distressing for me." "What the member needs to do," Davis responded, "is cross the bridge that is Te Tiriti o Waitangi from her Pākehā world into the Māori world and understand exactly how the Māori world operates.

The Prime Minister needs to show some leadership and discipline Deputy Labour Leader Kelvin Davis for his race-based slurs against ACT MP Karen Chhour,” ...

Our Prime Minister needs to do the same.” MP Rupa Huq was suspended from the Labour Party after she spoke about fellow MP Kwasi Kwarteng saying, “superficially he is a black man” and “if you hear him on the Today programme, you wouldn’t know he’s black.” “ACT Leader David Seymour will also raise these issues with the Race Relations Commissioner.

Kelvin Davis has apologised to ACT's Karen Chhour for saying that she should leave her "Pākehā world". Labour MP Kelvin Davis. (Source: Supplied).

"Today 67% of children in state care are Māori – and I will never stop defending a by Māori for Māori approach. Davis said he had meant ACT Party’s policies in general, including her recent Member’s Bill calling for a ‘colourblind’ approach to child protection, had "failed Māori for generations." In a statement, Davis acknowledged Chhour's whakapapa, and said he hoped his remarks "did not cause her personal offence."

Labour minister Kelvin Davis has tendered an apology for comments he directed at Act MP Karen Chhour in Parliament yesterday in which he said she needed to ...

It's no good looking at the world from a vanilla lens." In a statement, Davis said he did acknowledge Chhour's whakapapa "and hope my comments did not cause her personal offence". In his response, Davis said it was a Treaty-based relationship: "What the member needs to do is cross the bridge that is Te Tiriti o Waitangi from her Pākehā world into the Māori world and understand exactly how the Māori world operates. Huq has now apologised. Labour minister Kelvin Davis has tendered an apology for comments he directed at Act MP Karen Chhour in Parliament yesterday in which he said she needed to "cross the bridge that is Te Tiriti o Waitangi from her Pākehā world into the Māori world" and stop looking at the world with a "vanilla lens". Davis then repeated his original statement – this time at the whole Act Party, rather than just Chhour: "The Act Party often preaches about being the party for all, but if they truly want that then I do encourage them to cross over the bridge that is Te Tiriti so that they can view the issues they care about from a Māori lens."

Davis said he didn't intend for it to be offensive but that he can see why she thought it was and he was sorry, Newshub has been told. Chhour has accepted the ...

"I am asking you to do the same in the case of Kelvin Davis," van Velden said. She said Davis "attacked [Chhour's] world view, mana and race rather than the issue at hand". "Our caucus will not stand by and allow this sort of attack. He also said it was "no good looking at the world from a vanilla lens". The MP was forced to apologise and suspended. "Kelvin called and offered an apology which I have accepted.

The Children's Minister has backtracked and apologised to an ACT MP after accusations of nastiness and race-based attacks went flying at Parliament ...

"This approach has failed Māori for generations - today 67% of children in state care are Māori - and I will never stop defending a by Māori for Māori approach. "The ACT Party often preaches about being the party for all, but if they truly want that then I do encourage them to cross over the bridge that is Te Tiriti so that they can view the issues they care about from a Māori lens," said Kelvin Davis in a statement. "My comments were really mean [sic] to allude to ACT Party's policies in general including her recent Member's Bill calling for a 'colourblind' approach to child protection.

Minister for Children Kelvin Davis has phoned Act MP Karen Chhour directly to apologise over comments made in Parliament yesterday. First published by RNZ.

We all have a different view of the world, and it's nobody's place to tell somebody else how they should view the world through a Māori lens." It just confuses a whole where you belong within the Māori world," Chhour said. It's no good looking at the world from a vanilla lens".

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Kelvin Davis will not face discipline after apologising for comments he made about Act MP Karen Chhour, which Ardern said ...

It's no good looking at the world from a vanilla lens." Davis said he had disagreed with Chhour's member's bill to remove the requirement for Oranga Tamariki to act in accordance with the Treaty obligations when making decisions on children. I caused offence, I apologised." "I'm quite deeply offended by what he said. "It wasn't an attack on her whakapapa, the point I was trying to make is that I disagree with Act's policies. There is the cut and thrust of the House, but we do need to make sure we are debating the policy, not the personal." So I have had that experience myself. "That's why the minister gave an apology. Sometimes that can be hard." And I don't think anybody should have to justify themselves like that. Ardern said Davis had admitted he had gone too far. What I said was inappropriate, it caused offence.

ACT MP Karen Chhour says she has accepted the apology from Minister for Children Kelvin Davis over comments he made yesterday, and she hopes they can move ...

She was very gracious, thanked me for the call and said it was appreciated. "She said there's more to being a Māori than just the blood, it's about having aroha and love. "You sleep on these things, and you realise ... It's no good looking at the world from a vanilla lens". I got a very supportive message from my foster mother last night that made me realise that I don't have to justify my Māori, I can own it. "I think he was trying to make a policy point but he didn't do that and he has apologised," he said. and have constructive debates in future and no personal attacks anymore." "No, I had a word with her and told her that I was going to apologise - she said that was the right thing to do and it's been done. "No, not at all, and we don't deny anyone's whakapapa, and like I say everyone is on a continuum in terms of where they are in the Māori world, but like I say I disagree with ACT's policies, I think they reverse a lot of the good gains that have been made for Māori over the years." "It wasn't just the hurt that it made me feel, it's the hurt that it made my children feel and it's the hurt that it made my foster mother feel. And I have a lot of aroha and love to all the children of New Zealand and that's what counts." "I found that quite hurtful, the personal attack on my identity and how I see the world, and I don't think anybody should have to justify themselves like that and justify their culture and their heritage.

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