What now for the Treaty Principles Bill?
"Kill the bill" was the cry from the hīkoi as it stood before Parliament - and that's likely to happen with National and NZ First saying they will not support the Treaty Principles Bill at its second reading, but it may not be killed as quickly as protestors would like.
Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches Parliament
Interviewed earlier before Question Time, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it was up to Parliament’s justice committee to decide whether the select committee process on the Treaty Principles Bill should be shortened. The select committee will receive public submissions until January 7, and intends to complete hearings by the end of February.
Justice Committee Calls For Submissions On The Principles Of The Treaty Of Waitangi Bill
The Justice Committee has called for public submissions on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. The closing date for submissions is Tuesday, 7 January 2025.
Treaty Principles Bill: Bill of Rights Act advice 'quite damning' - academic
"The government's own lawyers recognise the bill would at first blush undermine Māori people's rights," a law professor says.
Committee calls for submissions on Treaty Principles Bill, swearing banned
Parliament’s justice committee this morning called for public submissions on the Treaty Principles bill warning that submissions containing offensive language would not be accepted. In the call for submissions,
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New Zealand government’s racially divisive Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, or Treaty Principles Bill, introduced by the ACT Party, passed its ...
Treaty Principles Bill: The principles need to remain tied to the historical Treaty - Dr Samuel Carpenter
That Treaty predates the emergence of our parliamentary democracy and the even later emergence of full adult suffrage as ...
New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, ...
The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible referendum on the issue would raise the stakes considerably.
New Zealand’s founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
Thousands of people are marching the length of New Zealand in protest of a proposed law that would redefine the country’s ...
Hīkoi and Treaty Principles Bill: A masterclass from the Māori Party on political branding - Ryan Bridge
While the hīkoi is chiefly a protest against Act’s Treaty Principles Bill, protesters say they are also opposed to other ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, ACT both claim victory over response to haka in Parliament
A video of MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performing 'Ka Mate' has now been viewed hundreds of millions of times.
'Haughtiness and bitterness': David Seymour slates critics of Treaty Principles Bill
Act Party leader David Seymour has hit out at a former prime minister and ex-Treaty negotiations minister who have criticised ...
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Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective
A nine-day-long Hīkoi, or peaceful march — a Māori tradition — was undertaken in protest against a bill that seeks to ...