Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
A former prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...
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Treaty Principles Bill Passes First Reading, Promises Debate on Foundational Document
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour has announced that the Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in ...
Māori Lawmakers in New Zealand Disrupt Parliament With Protest ‘Haka’
Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge, which swelled to a roar as ...
U.S. May Support ‘Global Surveillance’ Treaty Hated by Everyone but Authoritarian Governments
Privacy advocates, human rights groups, and multinational technology companies have all said the U.N.'s new cybercrime ...
Senior lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned
Members of the King's Counsel say the coalition's Treaty Principles Bill "seeks to rewrite the Treaty itself" and would have ...
The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible ...
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Māori lawmakers protest in New Zealand’s parliament
But Seymour – who is Māori — said no law or court had actually settled for good a definition of the treaty’s principles, and ...
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Facing an Imminent Deadline, Nations Struggle to Agree on a Global Plastics Treaty
Delegates will meet soon in South Korea in their last scheduled gathering to get a grip on plastic pollution, with health and ...
Maori MP tears up Treaty Bill, performs traditional haka in New Zealand Parliament to protest
New Zealand’s Parliament witnessed a rare scene on Thursday when 22-year-old Te Pati Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the ...