The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) would reference the outcomes of New Zealand laws regarding Maori land ownership and consider the implementation of similar laws for Taiwan’s indigenous peoples, CIP Minister Icyang Parod said on Friday.
Friday marked a full decade since the signing of the Agreement between New Zealand and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu on Economic Cooperation (紐西蘭與臺澎金馬個別關稅領域經濟合作協定), and New Zealand Director for Maori Development Tamati Olsen visited Taiwan at the head of a delegation to discuss the achievements between Taiwan’s indigenous people and New Zealand’s Maori under Chapter 19 of the agreement, titled “Cooperation on Indigenous Issues.”
The group held a closed-door meeting on Friday and traded gifts to highlight that both sides were like a “family,” the CIP said.
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Icyang said that Chapter 19 was important and an innovation, adding that the New Zealand representatives had pushed for the chapter’s inclusion, stating that any trade negotiations have to include local indigenous people.
Both sides have benefited from the decade of mutual interaction, which included issues of language and travel, he said.
Olsen said the delegation’s primary purpose was to foster greater interaction between the New Zealand Maori and the indigenous people of Taiwan.
Both sides would be discussing the Maori experience of developing geothermal resources in New Zealand, he said.
The Maori people are the primary players in New Zealand’s geothermal power industry, and they can share their experiences, he added.
Icyang also mentioned geothermal issues, and said the CIP would be closely discussing the issue with the Maori delegation.
Indigenous peoples are living on land rich with natural resources, and the global consensus for the development of such resources is that the rights and profits should be shared with the people, he said.
Icyang cited the Maori people holding “shares” in the development of geothermal energy as an example and said that Taiwan’s indigenous people could do something similar.
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