Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 18, 2020 3:31:04 GMT 12
'SICK TO MY GUTS' - MĀORI PARTY MP BLASTS PARLIAMENTARY OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO QUEEN
As a new crop of New Zealand parliamentarians prepare to swear their oath of allegiance, MPs are split on whether they should modernise their pledge.
Each must recite an oath or affirmation to "bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her heirs and successors" in English or Te Reo Māori.
The Kiwi pledge is also missing a reference to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi.
"To be quite honest it makes me feel sick to my guts," Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi told AAP.
"We don't mind having Queen Elizabeth in there but there's no equality, no mention of the Treaty. And that's what the country was founded on, through consent."......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/sick-my-guts-m-ori-party-mp-blasts-parliamentary-oath-allegiance-queen
As a new crop of New Zealand parliamentarians prepare to swear their oath of allegiance, MPs are split on whether they should modernise their pledge.
Each must recite an oath or affirmation to "bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her heirs and successors" in English or Te Reo Māori.
The Kiwi pledge is also missing a reference to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi.
"To be quite honest it makes me feel sick to my guts," Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi told AAP.
"We don't mind having Queen Elizabeth in there but there's no equality, no mention of the Treaty. And that's what the country was founded on, through consent."......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/sick-my-guts-m-ori-party-mp-blasts-parliamentary-oath-allegiance-queen