esh ore ▁law . ▁While ▁the ▁For esh ore ▁and ▁Se ab ed ▁issue ▁was ▁central ▁to ▁his ▁visit , ▁discuss ions ▁also ▁related ▁to ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Wait ang i ▁settlement s , ▁and ▁economic , ▁social ▁and ▁cultural ▁rights ▁generally . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁he ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁which ▁noted ▁that ▁“ [ w ] h ile ▁the ▁standard ▁of ▁living ▁of ▁the ▁M ā ori ▁of ▁New ▁Zealand ▁has ▁improved ▁and ▁is ▁better ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁pe op les ▁in ▁poor er ▁countries , ▁there ▁is ▁w ides p read ▁concern ▁that ▁the ▁gap ▁in ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁conditions ▁is ▁actually ▁growing ▁larger ▁and ▁an ▁increasing ▁proportion ▁of ▁M ā ori ▁are ▁being ▁left ▁behind ”. ▁ ▁His ▁final ▁report ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁highly ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁Government ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁areas , ▁including ▁the ▁For esh ore ▁and ▁Se ab ed ▁Act , ▁which ▁it ▁recommended ▁should ▁be ▁repe aled ▁or ▁significantly ▁am ended . ▁ ▁The ▁Government ▁response ▁to ▁this ▁further ▁criticism ▁was ▁again ▁negative ▁describing ▁Professor ▁St aven hagen ' s ▁report ▁as ▁" dis app oint ing , ▁un bal anced ▁and ▁narrow ". ▁ ▁Member ' s ▁bill ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Tar iana ▁Tur ia ▁introduced ▁a ▁member ' s ▁bill ▁designed ▁to ▁repe al ▁the ▁For esh ore ▁and ▁Se ab ed ▁Act . ▁In ▁recre ating ▁the