Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 6, 2024 6:31:18 GMT 12
SHORT ARC FOR ACT TREATY BILL
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill won’t get past the select committee stage.
Mr Potaka says the National recognises the treaty as a foundation document of New Zealand’s modern democracy, and in terms of international law, the Maori version has an elevated status in any interpretation.
“We also operate within a coalition agreement between the National Party and the Act Party that we would together take a treaty principles bill, drafted on the basis of the ACT policy as they campaigned on through the election, we will take it through to first reading and select committee and the prime minister has said on many occasions that is where it will stop,” Mr Potaka says.....
waateanews.com/2024/07/05/short-arc-for-act-treaty-bill/
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill won’t get past the select committee stage.
Mr Potaka says the National recognises the treaty as a foundation document of New Zealand’s modern democracy, and in terms of international law, the Maori version has an elevated status in any interpretation.
“We also operate within a coalition agreement between the National Party and the Act Party that we would together take a treaty principles bill, drafted on the basis of the ACT policy as they campaigned on through the election, we will take it through to first reading and select committee and the prime minister has said on many occasions that is where it will stop,” Mr Potaka says.....
waateanews.com/2024/07/05/short-arc-for-act-treaty-bill/