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ACT’S DAVID SEYMOUR GIVES INDICATION OF TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL TIMELINE, SAYS SELECT COMMITTEE WILL RUN FOR SIX MONTHS
The contentious Treaty Principles Bill will spend six months being debated in a Parliamentary select committee, Act leader David Seymour says.
Seymour says a draft version of the bill will be released publicly in November before going through the standard six-month select committee process, lasting until sometime in May 2025.
“It will be a standard length select committee, so that takes you through to sometime around next May.”....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/acts-david-seymour-gives-indication-of-treaty-principles-bill-timeline-says-select-committee-will-run-for-six-monthss/AB7II3XBWRAADIHOPF52JKRYSQ/
TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL TO NOW INCLUDE SPECIFIC MENTION OF HAPŪ AND IWI
Cabinet has agreed on the outline of the Treaty Principles Bill that will be introduced to Parliament, with a change to include specific acknowledgement of the rights of hapū and iwi.
The proposed principles from the ACT Party initially only specified that all New Zealanders had chieftainship over their land and property.
ACT leader David Seymour - who is in charge of the bill - said the agreed Bill was similar to what was in the coalition agreement, with some additional acknowledgement of the rights of hapū and iwi.
"We believe that the principles should reflect the Articles of the Treaty and, or, more specifically, Te Tiriti, and we proposed a slight change from what we initially campaigned on.
"So we're actually going to acknowledge hapū and iwi. I would say that their rights were acknowledged as the rights of all New Zealanders were acknowledged."
Seymour acknowledged the change had not been a suggestion from the coalition, "it's come from listening to people in the Māori world and beyond over the last six months or so"......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527528/treaty-principles-bill-to-now-include-specific-mention-of-hapu-and-iwi
The contentious Treaty Principles Bill will spend six months being debated in a Parliamentary select committee, Act leader David Seymour says.
Seymour says a draft version of the bill will be released publicly in November before going through the standard six-month select committee process, lasting until sometime in May 2025.
“It will be a standard length select committee, so that takes you through to sometime around next May.”....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/acts-david-seymour-gives-indication-of-treaty-principles-bill-timeline-says-select-committee-will-run-for-six-monthss/AB7II3XBWRAADIHOPF52JKRYSQ/
TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL TO NOW INCLUDE SPECIFIC MENTION OF HAPŪ AND IWI
Cabinet has agreed on the outline of the Treaty Principles Bill that will be introduced to Parliament, with a change to include specific acknowledgement of the rights of hapū and iwi.
The proposed principles from the ACT Party initially only specified that all New Zealanders had chieftainship over their land and property.
ACT leader David Seymour - who is in charge of the bill - said the agreed Bill was similar to what was in the coalition agreement, with some additional acknowledgement of the rights of hapū and iwi.
"We believe that the principles should reflect the Articles of the Treaty and, or, more specifically, Te Tiriti, and we proposed a slight change from what we initially campaigned on.
"So we're actually going to acknowledge hapū and iwi. I would say that their rights were acknowledged as the rights of all New Zealanders were acknowledged."
Seymour acknowledged the change had not been a suggestion from the coalition, "it's come from listening to people in the Māori world and beyond over the last six months or so"......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527528/treaty-principles-bill-to-now-include-specific-mention-of-hapu-and-iwi