Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 24, 2024 5:03:58 GMT 12
NICOLA WILLIS: GOVT ‘COMMITTED’ TO RELATIONSHIP THAT TREATY OF WAITANGI PROMISES’
In response however, National MP and Finance Minister Nicola Willis told RNZ's First Up it was clear the Treaty of Waitangi established a foundational relationship between the Crown and iwi.
"It is our founding document as a nation. How that relationship works in practice is something that the courts have likened to being like a partnership," she said.
"The question then becomes well, what does partnership mean? And there's been a lot of debate about that through the courts, through Parliament, by different people with different views on that. From the government's perspective, our commitment is to honouring the Treaty of Waitangi. Honouring the settlements that have been made under that Treaty and continuing to progress better outcomes for Māori and non-Māori alike.....
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350154735/nicola-willis-govt-committed-relationshop-treaty-waitangi-promises
In response however, National MP and Finance Minister Nicola Willis told RNZ's First Up it was clear the Treaty of Waitangi established a foundational relationship between the Crown and iwi.
"It is our founding document as a nation. How that relationship works in practice is something that the courts have likened to being like a partnership," she said.
"The question then becomes well, what does partnership mean? And there's been a lot of debate about that through the courts, through Parliament, by different people with different views on that. From the government's perspective, our commitment is to honouring the Treaty of Waitangi. Honouring the settlements that have been made under that Treaty and continuing to progress better outcomes for Māori and non-Māori alike.....
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350154735/nicola-willis-govt-committed-relationshop-treaty-waitangi-promises