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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 2, 2023 4:35:44 GMT 12
TREATY POLL COULD SPARK PROTESTThe outgoing Māori-Crown Relations Minister says Māori can expect a fight under the new National-led Government – and Labour will have their backs. He says from what was said on the campaign trail, it will be Maori who will bear the brunt of most of that change, including the prospect of a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi. Changes to the treaty would require the informed consent of the descendants of those who signed. “Just to unilaterally declare you are going to make changes to something that is as fundamental to our country as the principles of te tiriti or te tiriti itself is just asking for an argument and I think Maori have to really prepare ourselves for a bit of a protest,” he says..... waateanews.com/2023/11/01/treaty-poll-could-spark-protest/NEW GREEN PARTY MP TAMATHA PAUL SAYS TREATY OF WAITANGI SHOULD NOT BE UP FOR DEBATENew Green Party MP for Wellington Central Tamatha Paul says the Treaty of Waitangi should not be up for debate. “Having a referendum to reinterpret the principles of Te Tiriti, that’s not how treaties work. Indigenous people’s rights are not up for debate and they’re not up for interpretation through a referendum.”.... www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/11/01/new-green-party-mp-tamatha-paul-says-treaty-of-waitangi-should-not-be-up-for-debate/
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