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The proposed Treaty Principles bill does not mention Māori, the Crown, iwi (tribes), and hapū (subgroups) but refers only to "New Zealanders". ACT Party leader Seymour refused to identify whom his party had consulted when developing its co-governance and Treaty of Waitangi policies, particularly its redefinition of "tino rangatiratanga" as ...
The protests were in response to the right-wing coalition [13] National-led Government's Treaty Principles Bill. [14] Following the 2023 election and the formation of a National-led coalition government, ACT launched an information campaign early the following year promoting the bill.
Fact Check: Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th ...
The Tribunal made four recommendations: that the Treaty Principles Bill be scrapped, that the Crown constitute a Cabinet Māori-Crown relations committee that has oversight of the Crown's Treaty of Waitangi policies, that the Treaty clause review policy be suspended while it be reconceptualised through engagement with Māori, and that the Crown ...
The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 introduced the phrase "principles of the Treaty of Waitangi". It is found twice in the long title, in the preamble, and in Section 6(1), which provides for the Waitangi Tribunal to inquire into claims by Māori that they are prejudicially affected by Crown acts (or omissions) that are inconsistent with the principles of the treaty. [2]
In November 2024, a hīkoi opposing the Treaty Principles Bill occurred. An estimated 42,000 people took part in the hīkoi, taking nine days to reach the parliament grounds of Wellington, with some groups beginning in the Far North and Bluff. [7] The Māori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō joined the protests in Wellington. [8]
Treaty of Waitangi — Nothing in this Act shall permit the Crown to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi." [ 4 ] Section 27 concerned land transferred under the Act which was subject to a Waitangi Tribunal claim prior to the Governor-General's assent of the Act, 18 December 1986. [ 5 ]
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's defence minister said on Thursday during a visit to the Solomon Islands that a review of a security treaty between the two nations was "an opportunity to revitalise ...