E whakatika ana a Perehitini Donald Trump ki te whiu tākehoko tāwāhi ki ngā whenua piritata, ki a Haina hoki, ā, me te rongo hoki o Aotearoa i te tūrangahākoa i tēnei wā, ahakoa te māharahara a ētahi ki te take hokohoko tērā pea ka pā mai ki tō tātou whenua.
Ko te hokohoko miere mānuka te mahi a Blanche Morrogh (Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa), Tumu whakarae o Kia Ora Honey, e hokona atu nei ana miere mānuka ki Amerika, ina hoki, i eke noa atu ngā hokonga ki Amerira ki tua i ngā hokonga ki Haina.
E whakahau ana ia ki te kāwanatanga o Aotearoa kia whakapūmautia he Whakaaetanga Tauhokohoko Tōtika ki a Amerika, arā, kia ōrite ki ērā i whakaritehia i mua me te EU, me UK hoki, kia kau ate miere mānuka e tākehokotia.
“We would like to see something similar with the US, to help protect our reputation and value of our export markets.
“Particularly for us it would be around mānuka, it is something that is distinctively different, that can’t be replicated up in [the] market, so that comes with a whole other kōrero around the protection of how we move forward, not only as an industry but also as a collective economy for Māori, how do we protect that for future generations.”
Nō nā tata nei whakauhia ai te 25 ōrau o ngā tākehoko tāwāhi a Trump ki ngā whenua piritata o Amerika: ki Kānata, ki Mehiko. Engari i tēnei wā tonu, ka tōroangia ngā tākehoko tāwahi mō te marama kotahi, ka mutu, ko te tākehoko ki Haina i eke ki te 10 ōrau.
I tēnei wā, kāore he tākehoko ki Aotearoa; i puta te pūrongo a CNN ka eke pea te nui o ngā tākehoko o ētahi atu whenua ki te takiwā o te 10-20 ōrau.
E mea ana a Morrogh ka pākino mai ēnei te tākehoko tāwāhi nei ki tana pakihi.
“We would have to reevaluate our value proposition and bolster our value proposition to our customers in the US, to ensure that when they purchase from us here in New Zealand there is still value.
“Adding 20% to the overall pricing on top of an expensive freight trip up for any product from here in New Zealand, it would be significant. It would significantly impact the bottom line.”
“We are a small economy to the US, but the US is a big opportunity and a big economy opportunity for New Zealand and particularly for Māori and so the impact of a tariff especially up to 20% would be significant,” te kī mai a Morrogh.
Ahakoa ka whakapau kaha ngā pī o Morrogh i ā rātou mahi miere mānuka, i tēnei wā, kei mahurangi kē te Whare Miere i Pōneke e rērere ana; kāore ā rātou whakaritenga hei ārai i ngā tākehoko tērā pea ka hua mai.
“The United States is one of our longest standing, and closest relationships. We have good connections in Washington DC and our high-quality, safe exports continue to be desired by US consumers,” te kōrero mai a te Minita Tauhokohoko, a Todd McClay.
“We will wait until any formal decisions are taken by the new administration and details are made clear. New Zealand’s exports to the US are largely complementary and we look forward to working with the new administration to continue to increase our trade and grow returns for both countries.”
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E mea nei te Mātanga Ōhanga Māori, a Ahorangi Matthew Roskurdge (Te Atiawa, Ngāti Tama), nā te iti rawa o te ōhanga o Aotearoa tēnā i te ōhanga o Amerika, ka kaha ake te pā mai o tēnei raru ki ngā tāngata nō Aotearoa tēnā i ngā iwi o Amerika.
“We export a reasonable percentage of some of our agricultural products to the US, but that’s a tiny percentage of the agricultural product that’s consumed in the US.
“[If Aotearoa is tariffed] realistically they wouldn’t notice it in the US, whereas it would have a big impact on our producers and exporters.”
Hei āpititanga, e mea ana ia nā te iti rawa o te whenua o Aotearoa, kāore pea ia e tino hāua e ngā whiunga tauhokohoko. Heoi anō, ko tāna whakamatāratanga mai, me hiwā a Aotearoa ki ngā tutūtanga puehu tauhokohoko tērā pea ka puea ake.
“[If] China goes into a recession and the demand for our dairy products falls, that’s where I would expect us to feel the most pain if there is going to be pain from these tariffs, are those indirect fallouts from us being caught up in our big trading partners warring with each other on the on tariffs and trade,” te kī mai a Roskrudge.
Translations done by Te Amohanga Rangihau
