Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 24, 2023 5:01:37 GMT 12
TREATY TINKERING RECIPE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL MAYHEM
Former Mana Motuhake leader and diplomat Sandra Lee-Vercoe says the incoming Government needs to dial back attacks on the Treaty of Waitangi.
She says open season was declared on Māori at every level of society from the start of the election campaign, and that has encouraged parties like ACT to think they can push through stunts like rewriting the treaty and undermining Māori-focused agencies like Te Puni Kokiri.
She says the outcome is likely to be challenges in the courts and in international bodies like the United Nations and the International Court of Justice.....
waateanews.com/2023/11/23/treaty-tinkering-recipe-for-constitutional-mayhem/
TREATY ATTACK THREAT TO STABILITY FOR COUNTRY
Ms Davidson says parties like ACT see te tiriti as a negative rather than a positive.
“For example the place of tiriti is the right, is the privilege by which tauiwi, non-Maori and pakeha have a home here in Aotearoa. All politicial parties trying to undermine and threaten that are actually threatening the stability and cohesion of our country for everyone, not just Maori,” she says.....
waateanews.com/2023/11/23/treaty-attack-threat-to-stability-for-country/
Former Mana Motuhake leader and diplomat Sandra Lee-Vercoe says the incoming Government needs to dial back attacks on the Treaty of Waitangi.
She says open season was declared on Māori at every level of society from the start of the election campaign, and that has encouraged parties like ACT to think they can push through stunts like rewriting the treaty and undermining Māori-focused agencies like Te Puni Kokiri.
She says the outcome is likely to be challenges in the courts and in international bodies like the United Nations and the International Court of Justice.....
waateanews.com/2023/11/23/treaty-tinkering-recipe-for-constitutional-mayhem/
TREATY ATTACK THREAT TO STABILITY FOR COUNTRY
Ms Davidson says parties like ACT see te tiriti as a negative rather than a positive.
“For example the place of tiriti is the right, is the privilege by which tauiwi, non-Maori and pakeha have a home here in Aotearoa. All politicial parties trying to undermine and threaten that are actually threatening the stability and cohesion of our country for everyone, not just Maori,” she says.....
waateanews.com/2023/11/23/treaty-attack-threat-to-stability-for-country/