Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 3, 2023 4:15:20 GMT 12
TREATY ROLE TOO BIG FOR REFERENDUM
Outgoing Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta says the Treaty of Waitangi is at the heart of nationhood in Aotearoa.
“The bigger question should be, what does nation building look like with the treaty at its heart? And the more difficult question for New Zealanders and certainly Maori is, should we start to now formalise what has once been a moral document in a constitutional form? That’s been an argument that’s been around for a very long time,” she says...
waateanews.com/2023/11/02/treaty-role-too-big-for-referendum/
Outgoing Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta says the Treaty of Waitangi is at the heart of nationhood in Aotearoa.
“The bigger question should be, what does nation building look like with the treaty at its heart? And the more difficult question for New Zealanders and certainly Maori is, should we start to now formalise what has once been a moral document in a constitutional form? That’s been an argument that’s been around for a very long time,” she says...
waateanews.com/2023/11/02/treaty-role-too-big-for-referendum/