Treaty Principles Bill: Senior lawyers call for David Seymour’s Treaty Bill to be abandoned
Members of the King’s Counsel, some of New Zealand’s most senior legal minds, say the Treaty Principles Bill “seeks to ...
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Treaty Principles Bill Passes First Reading, Promises Debate on Foundational Document
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour has announced that the Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in ...
NZ’s 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 yesterday — it passed ...
"Do not negate 184 years of debate": Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash
The controversial Treaty Principles Bill would end the Māori right of self-determination outlined in a nearly 200-year-old ...
Treaty Principles Bill: National spooked as Te Pāti Māori’s parliament haka delivers more grist to Act’s David Seymour - Claire Trevett
Act’s Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday with support from National, Act and NZ First.
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
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Treaty Principles Bill: Seymour’s first step in normalising idea
As the controversial bill seems dead in the water, a patient David Seymour thinks people will warm to it the more they see it ...
Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori - former minister
"The National Party today are more concerned about their careers than about the history," Chris Finlayson says.
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Seymour unveils Treaty Principles Bill
This afternoon, Associate Justice Minister David Seymour released his Treaty Principles Bill. This afternoon, Associate ...
David Seymour defends timing of Treaty Principles Bill debate
Act Party Leader and Minister responsible for the bill David Seymour denies the Treaty Principles Bill has been brought ...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley
Her comments come after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called the bill “simplistic” and “unhelpful”, and former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson — who negotiated more settlements than ...
Labour's Willie Jackson ejected from house for calling David Seymour a liar during Treaty Principles Bill reading
Labour's Māori Development spokesperson has been ejected from the House after calling David Seymour a "liar" during the Treaty Principles Bill's first reading - breaking Parliament's rules. Jackson ...