Explainer: The path ahead for the Treaty Principles Bill - 1News
1 day ago · The Treaty Principles Bill proposes to define and clarify how the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are interpreted and applied in laws and decision-making. ADVERTISEMENT The principles are interpretations of the Treaty that have been developed by the courts and government officials since the passing of the Treaty of Waitangi Act in 1975.
Treaty Principles Bill debate: How the world reacted - 1News
1 day ago · The Guardian reported the Treaty Principles Bill sought to remove "a set of well-established principles that has flowed from New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi".. It said there had been "significant public backlash" to the Bill and covered the national hīkoi en route to Wellington. "New Zealand's parliament has erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a ...
Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
9 hours ago · Former prime minister Dame Jenny Shipley has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday, voted for by coalition members ACT, New Zealand First and National.
The Treaty Principles Bill Is Already Straining Social Cohesion in …
13 hours ago · Timed to coincide with the first reading of the contentious Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill on Thursday, the hikoi and other similar protests are a response to what many perceive as a ...
How the world reacted to the Treaty Principles Bill debate
1 day ago · "New Zealand's parliament has erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way New Zealand's treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted," it reported. Australia's ABC News called it a " landmark vote" on the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday.
New Zealand dispatch: thousands join hīkoi in Auckland to oppose ...
10 hours ago · The Treaty Principles Bill, one of the reasons protesters were out that day, seeks to ‘reinterpret’ the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. These principles are words and phrases intended to capture the spirit of the Treaty to enable its incorporation into law. Problematically, the proposed principles conflict with current jurisprudence ...
Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading amid haka interruption
2 days ago · Labour MP Duncan Webb said the Treaty Principles Bill took a "wrecking ball" to Crown-Māori relations. "This is a damaging piece of legislation that this Government, Christopher Luxon, is taking a wrecking ball to the work that has been done by successive governments over the past 50 years since the Waitangi Tribunal was established," he said.
Live: The Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading
2 days ago · The Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the house following a haka. Maipi-Clarke interrupted the vote on the Treaty Principles Bill's first reading with a haka taken up by members of the opposition and people in the public ...
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret …
Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which has been fundamental to race relations in New Zealand.
Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National’s relationship …
1 day ago · There is no doubt the Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National’s relationship with Māori, former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson says. The legislation passed its first reading on Wednesday afternoon, but not before extraordinary scenes of opposition that led to the Speaker suspending Parliament.