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9th
MAR

Select committee tobacco inquiry starts

Posted by karere under Maori News

The Maori Affairs Select Committee kicked off its inquiry into the tobacco industry with a hearing in Rotorua today. The inquiry is chaired by Nation’s Tau Henare, but it came about through pressure from Maori Party MP Hone Harawira. The Tai Tokerau MP says he has mixed emotions about the inquiry into an industry that leads to the death of more than 600 Maori a year. “I’d rather have all of our people alive rather than have to go through this exercise but the tobacco giants don’t care that our people die from their products. They just want money. Someone’s got to do it and I’m glad it’s us, the Maori Affairs Select Committee. I’m looking forward to it,” Mr Harawira says. He sees the inquiry as a step towards banning the sale of tobacco in New Zealand.

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