Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 7, 2024 9:05:57 GMT 12
Mike Butler: THE VOICE AND OUR CHOICE.
A current affairs report on “the vote that shocked Australia” by activist Mihingarangi Forbes shows what to expect as the New Zealand Left struggles to cope with the ACT Party’s Treaty Principles Bill.
This call-to-action piece titled “Trick or Treaty? Indigenous rights, referendums and the Treaty of Waitangi”, (1) posted on the 1 News site, conveys dire warnings to no-vote campaigners in any New Zealand treaty referendum from Australian Yes Vote activists dismayed at the failure of the Voice referendum on October 14.
The Australian vote was on whether to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first Peoples of Australia and establish an independent advisory body for them.
New Zealand has had such a body for nearly 50 years, set up under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, by the Third Labour Government, without a referendum.
Forbes’ Indigenous rights, referendums and the Treaty of Waitangi piece:…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mike-butler-voice-and-our-choice.html
A current affairs report on “the vote that shocked Australia” by activist Mihingarangi Forbes shows what to expect as the New Zealand Left struggles to cope with the ACT Party’s Treaty Principles Bill.
This call-to-action piece titled “Trick or Treaty? Indigenous rights, referendums and the Treaty of Waitangi”, (1) posted on the 1 News site, conveys dire warnings to no-vote campaigners in any New Zealand treaty referendum from Australian Yes Vote activists dismayed at the failure of the Voice referendum on October 14.
The Australian vote was on whether to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first Peoples of Australia and establish an independent advisory body for them.
New Zealand has had such a body for nearly 50 years, set up under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, by the Third Labour Government, without a referendum.
Forbes’ Indigenous rights, referendums and the Treaty of Waitangi piece:…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/01/mike-butler-voice-and-our-choice.html