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TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL: 440 CHRISTIAN LEADERS SIGN OPEN LETTER ASKING MPS TO VOTE NO
More than 400 Christian leaders - including senior leaders of the Catholic, Anglican, and Methodist denominations in Aotearoa - have signed an open letter calling on MPs to vote down the Treaty Principles Bill.
The Bill, which has been championed by ACT leader David Seymour and will be considered by Cabinet on Monday, aims to redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The open letter, released on Monday by the organisation Common Grace Aotearoa, expressed the Christian leaders' opposition to the Bill and their commitment to Te Tiriti.
"We affirm that Te Tiriti o Waitangi protects the tino rangatiratanga of hapū and iwi. That rangatiratanga over land and taonga is to be upheld," it said.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527412/treaty-principles-bill-440-christian-leaders-sign-open-letter-asking-mps-to-vote-no
DAVID SEYMOUR HITS OUT AT CHURCH LEADERS OVER TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
In response, Seymour said his party believed all citizens should have equal rights, “not equal rights for some based on their ancestry”.
“The Treaty Principles Bill and proposed referendum are needed to ensure a healthy debate on whether our future lies with different rights based on ancestry, or whether we want to be a modern, multi-ethnic liberal democracy where every New Zealander has the same rights.”
In a post on social media Seymour said said the “core Christian principle of imago dei” automatically meant everyone has equal dignity, and the belief was at odds with the recent interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi.
“It would be unusual, to say the least, for two thousand years of Christian faith to be overturned by a one page Treaty signed by a few hundred people in one country,” he said.
“If you wonder why church attendance and reported Christianity is in decline in New Zealand, today’s display of church leaders abandoning a core, if not the core, Christian belief to play politics might be a clue.”.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527427/david-seymour-hits-out-at-church-leaders-over-treaty-principles-bill
CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HIS HANDS ARE TIED ON TREATY BILL, SET FOR RELEASE IN TWO MONTHS
The bill would propose a major constitutional change, rewriting the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It’s a project led by Associate Justice Minister David Seymour, who argues the core focus of Te Tiriti is not indigenous rights, but property rights.
Cabinet ministers agreed on Monday about how the bill should be constructed. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he was expecting the bill to arrive at Parliament in November.
Debate about the bill has followed Luxon across the country, since he started as prime minister. It became a focal point for his Government’s relationship with iwi and Māori during the Rātana Hui, at the extraordinary Kiingitanga Hui-aa-motu, on Waitangi Day, and most recently at the final Koroneihana for the late Kiingi Tūhetia.
At each stage, Luxon has attempted to placate criticism by distancing himself from the Government bill. He said National would not support the bill to become law, but would support a public inquiry - by way of select committee - into its contents.....
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350408001/christopher-luxon-says-his-hands-are-tied-treaty-bill-set-release-two-months
More than 400 Christian leaders - including senior leaders of the Catholic, Anglican, and Methodist denominations in Aotearoa - have signed an open letter calling on MPs to vote down the Treaty Principles Bill.
The Bill, which has been championed by ACT leader David Seymour and will be considered by Cabinet on Monday, aims to redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The open letter, released on Monday by the organisation Common Grace Aotearoa, expressed the Christian leaders' opposition to the Bill and their commitment to Te Tiriti.
"We affirm that Te Tiriti o Waitangi protects the tino rangatiratanga of hapū and iwi. That rangatiratanga over land and taonga is to be upheld," it said.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527412/treaty-principles-bill-440-christian-leaders-sign-open-letter-asking-mps-to-vote-no
DAVID SEYMOUR HITS OUT AT CHURCH LEADERS OVER TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
In response, Seymour said his party believed all citizens should have equal rights, “not equal rights for some based on their ancestry”.
“The Treaty Principles Bill and proposed referendum are needed to ensure a healthy debate on whether our future lies with different rights based on ancestry, or whether we want to be a modern, multi-ethnic liberal democracy where every New Zealander has the same rights.”
In a post on social media Seymour said said the “core Christian principle of imago dei” automatically meant everyone has equal dignity, and the belief was at odds with the recent interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi.
“It would be unusual, to say the least, for two thousand years of Christian faith to be overturned by a one page Treaty signed by a few hundred people in one country,” he said.
“If you wonder why church attendance and reported Christianity is in decline in New Zealand, today’s display of church leaders abandoning a core, if not the core, Christian belief to play politics might be a clue.”.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527427/david-seymour-hits-out-at-church-leaders-over-treaty-principles-bill
CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HIS HANDS ARE TIED ON TREATY BILL, SET FOR RELEASE IN TWO MONTHS
The bill would propose a major constitutional change, rewriting the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It’s a project led by Associate Justice Minister David Seymour, who argues the core focus of Te Tiriti is not indigenous rights, but property rights.
Cabinet ministers agreed on Monday about how the bill should be constructed. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he was expecting the bill to arrive at Parliament in November.
Debate about the bill has followed Luxon across the country, since he started as prime minister. It became a focal point for his Government’s relationship with iwi and Māori during the Rātana Hui, at the extraordinary Kiingitanga Hui-aa-motu, on Waitangi Day, and most recently at the final Koroneihana for the late Kiingi Tūhetia.
At each stage, Luxon has attempted to placate criticism by distancing himself from the Government bill. He said National would not support the bill to become law, but would support a public inquiry - by way of select committee - into its contents.....
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350408001/christopher-luxon-says-his-hands-are-tied-treaty-bill-set-release-two-months