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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 2, 2024 8:42:28 GMT 12
Piers Seed: THE TICKING TIME-BOMB UNDER THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL.In its reinvented guise taonga has been the great wrecking ball in the Tribunal’s arsenal. Without it the Tribunal would be next to powerless. It is a magic word, an abracadabra, the trump card, a “you shall not pass”. In essence, just say taonga and money and/or assets fall from the sky. The burning question is – is it possible that for forty years the Tribunal has been allowed to strip New Zealand of any and every asset, and impose jaw-dropping obligations on the Crown, on the basis of a disputed word? That forty years of politicians – of all stripes – have just stood by and let this happen? Appallingly the answer is yes. So what are the practical consequences of taonga’s reinvention? In the order of 70% of Waitangi Tribunal recommendations have been justified – in part or in whole – by a reinvented taonga. Let that sink in for a moment – seventy percent of Tribunal findings are based, to a greater or lesser extent, on a seriously flawed definition of a key word..... breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/06/piers-seed-ticking-time-bomb-under.html
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