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The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
Timed to coincide with the first reading of the contentious Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill on Thursday, the hikoi and other similar protests are a response to what many perceive as a ...
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Treaty Principles Bill live updates: Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke suspended as haka derails bill’s first reading vote
A haka by Te Pāti Māori MPs interrupted the first reading of the contentious Treaty Principles Bill today, causing Parliament to be briefly suspended. It also resulted in Speaker of the House ...
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Treaty Principles Bill Passes First Reading
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour says all New Zealanders will now be able to have their say on the Treaty Principles Bill after it passed its first reading and was sent to the Justice ...
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Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour says all New Zealanders will now be able to have their say on the Treaty Principles Bill after it passed its first reading and was sent to the Justice ...
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Treaty Principles Bill: Christopher Luxon pushes back against David Seymour ahead of vote
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has criticised the controversial Treaty Principles Bill ahead of its first reading today. Video / Mark Mitchell His comments come just hours before the legislation ...
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The Treaty Principles Bill
The controversial Treaty Principles Bill has been introduced to Parliament by the ACT Party under a coalition agreement. And earlier in the week, a Waitangi Tribunal report found the bill breaches ...
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Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour has welcomed the introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill to Parliament and says it will have its first reading next Thursday. “Parliament introduced the ...
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Here’s what’s in the Treaty Principles Bill
The four-page Treaty Principles Bill has been introduced and will be debated in Parliament next week. As with all bills, the text begins with an explanatory note, includes links to some of the ...
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Government to be grilled ahead of Treaty Principles Bill vote
The Treaty Principles Bill will face its first vote on Thursday afternoon in what is expected to be a heated session in Parliament. Opposition politicians will first grill members of the ...
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Nationwide protest march begins in New Zealand against contentious Treaty Principles Bill
A hīkoi (protest march) spanning the entirety of New Zealand’s north island against the government’s constitutionally consequential “Treaty Principles Bill” began Monday from Cape Reinga, the ...
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Ministry of Justice questions Treaty Principles Bill
The Act Party’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill has been introduced to Parliament and will have its first reading next Thursday. The following week, a hikoi – protesting about the bill and other ...