Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 18, 2024 5:23:36 GMT 12
TRIBUNAL BEST PLACED TO JUDGE TREATY BREACHES
Green Party Māori spokesperson Huhana Lyndon says the Waitangi Tribunal is sticking to its original purpose to call out modern breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
ACT leader David Seymour has accused the tribunal of becoming increasingly activist as it schedules multiple urgent hearings into Government actions, including ACT’s push to remove the section 7AA Treaty of Waitangi provision from the Oranga Tamariki Act.
Ms Lyndon says the tribunal has shown it has a purpose beyond historical claims.
“The Government of today is threatening to review its purpose and to refocus it but actually the refocusing they’re doing it, they’re doing it right now and it’s modern day breaches of Te Tiriti,” she says....
waateanews.com/2024/05/17/tribunal-best-placed-to-judge-treaty-breaches/
Green Party Māori spokesperson Huhana Lyndon says the Waitangi Tribunal is sticking to its original purpose to call out modern breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
ACT leader David Seymour has accused the tribunal of becoming increasingly activist as it schedules multiple urgent hearings into Government actions, including ACT’s push to remove the section 7AA Treaty of Waitangi provision from the Oranga Tamariki Act.
Ms Lyndon says the tribunal has shown it has a purpose beyond historical claims.
“The Government of today is threatening to review its purpose and to refocus it but actually the refocusing they’re doing it, they’re doing it right now and it’s modern day breaches of Te Tiriti,” she says....
waateanews.com/2024/05/17/tribunal-best-placed-to-judge-treaty-breaches/