International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024

Today it is an honour and a privilege to support and celebrate the

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

This year’s theme focuses on the right to voluntary isolation and initial contact of indigenous peoples.

While we cannot, nor wish to, erase the past we can learn and develop from it.

We all need to know our history and the different legacies it has left to Māori and Tau Iwi.

In many parts of the world, indigenous peoples face the loss of land, of language, of culture and identity.

We have an opportunity to heal wounds that have been present for too long.

Together, we must find the way which meets the demands of justice and of solidarity among peoples.

Read our full statement for International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples here: Click here to read: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024 JPCA Statement