Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 20, 2024 4:03:44 GMT 12
LUXON: WAITANGI TRIBUNAL COMMENTS FROM COALITION PARTIES 'ILL CONSIDERED'
Comments from ACT and NZ First ministers about the Waitangi Tribunal were "ill considered" and "that message will be underscored" to them, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says.
Resources and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones' comments to Radio Waatea this week attacked the Tribunal after it summonsed Children's Minister Karen Chhour for an urgent hearing over the government's plan to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.
He had said the tribunal "has no business running its operation like some sort of star chamber, delivering peremptory summons for ministers to rock up and be either cross-examined or grilled".
ACT leader and Regulations Minister David Seymour also hit back at the tribunal's summons, saying they were "buying a fight with someone of much greater mana" and suggested "perhaps they should be wound up for their own good".
He [Luxon] suggested both Jones and Seymour would be given that directive in no uncertain terms.
"Well, I haven't had a chance to talk to them, but that message will be underscored to the ministers. Yep."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/514718/luxon-waitangi-tribunal-comments-from-coalition-parties-ill-considered
Comments from ACT and NZ First ministers about the Waitangi Tribunal were "ill considered" and "that message will be underscored" to them, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says.
Resources and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones' comments to Radio Waatea this week attacked the Tribunal after it summonsed Children's Minister Karen Chhour for an urgent hearing over the government's plan to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.
He had said the tribunal "has no business running its operation like some sort of star chamber, delivering peremptory summons for ministers to rock up and be either cross-examined or grilled".
ACT leader and Regulations Minister David Seymour also hit back at the tribunal's summons, saying they were "buying a fight with someone of much greater mana" and suggested "perhaps they should be wound up for their own good".
He [Luxon] suggested both Jones and Seymour would be given that directive in no uncertain terms.
"Well, I haven't had a chance to talk to them, but that message will be underscored to the ministers. Yep."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/514718/luxon-waitangi-tribunal-comments-from-coalition-parties-ill-considered