Explainer: The path ahead for the Treaty Principles Bill - 1News
1 day ago · The Bill's introduction comes as a nationwide hīkoi winds its way to Wellington to protest the proposed legislation.. A Waitangi Tribunal report in August found the Bill would "undermine social cohesion".It added this month that the Bill "would be the worst, most comprehensive breach of the Treaty/te Tiriti in modern times" if enacted.
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP …
2 days ago · RNZ News. New Zealand’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration as the national Hīkoi continued its journey to the capital. Opposition Te Pati Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the House following a haka.
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.
What is the Treaty of Waitangi and why is it sparking huge Māori ...
3 days ago · "The Treaty Principles Bill needs to be seen in that broader context of trying to recreate state Māori dependence on the state and whose interests that serves is quite unclear," he said.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament …
1 day ago · CORRECTING SPELLING OF THE BILL- ACT Party leader David Seymour stands during the first debate on the Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay) ... AP News Values and Principles AP’s Role in Elections AP Leads AP Definitive Source Blog AP Images Spotlight Blog ...
New Zealanders protest, do haka over divisive treaty principles bill ...
1 day ago · Maori people on the third of a nine-day hikoi, or march, to New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, to protest the Treaty Principles Bill on Wednesday. (Fiona Goodall/Getty Images) By Michael E. Miller
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.
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