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TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL HĪKOI ORGANISER REJECTS DAVID SEYMOUR'S OFFER TO MEET
Activists say they have no interest in meeting the Treaty Principles bill's backer, ACT party leader David Seymour, saying they are not at his "beck and call".
Hīkoi organiser Eru Kapa-Kingi told Morning Report that such a meeting would be pointless.
In response, Kapa-Kingi told Morning Report the hīkoi organisers were not at Seymour's beck and call.
"It's not a case of him inviting us to speak to him. We're not at the beck and call of David Seymour, or anyone else who doesn't have the necessary expertise to lead or facilitate a conversation around te Tiriti o Waitangi."
Discussing the treaty with someone who did not understand the Treaty would be pointless, he said.
"The truth of what [te Tiriti] says, its context, its kupu [words].
"And if he can't speak Māori either - that would be very difficult to facilitate such a conversation.
"So that's the danger of everything that's happening with the Treaty Principles bill, that's been pushed by the likes of David Seymour, and the many ignorant people behind him, who have a lot to say about te Tiriti o Waitangi, but don't know a lot about it."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/533360/treaty-principles-bill-hikoi-organiser-rejects-david-seymour-s-offer-to-meet
PM SAYS HE GETS THE 'IMMENSE FRUSTRATION' ABOUT TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Government’s Treaty Principles Bill is a “disservice” to the Treaty and he gets the “immense frustration” among Māori.
He insisted his Government would not back the Treaty Principles Bill beyond the first reading in Parliament this week, despite fears from some the National Party might change its mind and allow a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.
“We don't support it because we think it is divisive, and you know, we're proud of the Treaty of Waitangi,” Luxon said.
“It’s a very simplistic interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, that has served us, I think, incredibly well, and to simplify it down in that way ‒ for a piece of legislation like this ‒ I think is a disservice to the Treaty.”....
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360483161/pm-says-he-gets-immense-frustration-about-treaty-principles-bill
Activists say they have no interest in meeting the Treaty Principles bill's backer, ACT party leader David Seymour, saying they are not at his "beck and call".
Hīkoi organiser Eru Kapa-Kingi told Morning Report that such a meeting would be pointless.
In response, Kapa-Kingi told Morning Report the hīkoi organisers were not at Seymour's beck and call.
"It's not a case of him inviting us to speak to him. We're not at the beck and call of David Seymour, or anyone else who doesn't have the necessary expertise to lead or facilitate a conversation around te Tiriti o Waitangi."
Discussing the treaty with someone who did not understand the Treaty would be pointless, he said.
"The truth of what [te Tiriti] says, its context, its kupu [words].
"And if he can't speak Māori either - that would be very difficult to facilitate such a conversation.
"So that's the danger of everything that's happening with the Treaty Principles bill, that's been pushed by the likes of David Seymour, and the many ignorant people behind him, who have a lot to say about te Tiriti o Waitangi, but don't know a lot about it."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/533360/treaty-principles-bill-hikoi-organiser-rejects-david-seymour-s-offer-to-meet
PM SAYS HE GETS THE 'IMMENSE FRUSTRATION' ABOUT TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Government’s Treaty Principles Bill is a “disservice” to the Treaty and he gets the “immense frustration” among Māori.
He insisted his Government would not back the Treaty Principles Bill beyond the first reading in Parliament this week, despite fears from some the National Party might change its mind and allow a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.
“We don't support it because we think it is divisive, and you know, we're proud of the Treaty of Waitangi,” Luxon said.
“It’s a very simplistic interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, that has served us, I think, incredibly well, and to simplify it down in that way ‒ for a piece of legislation like this ‒ I think is a disservice to the Treaty.”....
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360483161/pm-says-he-gets-immense-frustration-about-treaty-principles-bill