Aotearoa: shine or shame? A critical examination of the Sustainable Development Goals and the question of poverty and young Māori in New Zealand
As an international framework with broad support, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help to focus nations’ efforts on major issues and help policy-makers to specify areas of need for policy. While the goals are ambitious, they help to channel leaders’ thinking and action when goals are visibl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2015]
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Journal of global ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-50 |
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New Zealand
B Māori B Poverty B Indigenous People |
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| Summary: | As an international framework with broad support, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help to focus nations’ efforts on major issues and help policy-makers to specify areas of need for policy. While the goals are ambitious, they help to channel leaders’ thinking and action when goals are visible and normative. The goals also provide opportunity for first world nations, such as New Zealand, to examine how they apply to them. In terms of the predecessors to the SDGs, the Millennium Development Goals, New Zealand's efforts have been largely geared towards aid in the Pacific, especially to help address poverty throughout the region. Despite being a ‘developed’ country, however, New Zealand has its own poverty problems, especially amongst Māori, its indigenous peoples, as well as amongst people from small Pacific Island developing states living in New Zealand. The SDGs may make important contributions in New Zealand, not only by giving further emphasis or attention to poverty as an important national priority, but also by setting targets for reducing it. This paper examines the SDGs concerning poverty in a New Zealand context, focusing in particular on Māori. |
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| ISSN: | 1744-9634 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of global ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2015.1010098 |