All new legislation should have a section referencing its effect on the Treaty of Waitangi?

Reasons To Disagree

Seperatist politics is a loosing game for everyone

There is absolutely no need. There is no such thing as "THE TREATY" - there are multiple treaties - all different.

no its not the old treaty there are just trying to get more land for free

There is no need to complicate legislation in this way.

What are the principles, just a pointless political statement to cause issues!

I disagree wholeheartedly. The treaty's mere existence is enough. It doesn't need to be mentioned in any new legislation because it is already in force. Infact, I question the motives of any group who try to give the treaty any more meaning than it already has - seems to me that one racial group is using it as a lever to gain advantage over all other racial groups that make up New Zealand. Really, the treaty should be put to bed - it was a crude document that has served it's purpose but is no longer relevant. What we need today is a new constitution that secures the rights of all New Zealanders regardless of race. Anything less than that is racist.

Reasons To Agree

The treaty is for all new zealanders, giving them all the same rights, right to your land, right to equality, right to participation. These should be rights that can not be taken from the individual (or in the case of maori, from the individual tribe)

Absolutly!

The treaty was the document signed by sufficient numbers of people agreeing to abolish slavery and abitrary rule and adopt the Westminster system where an elected house of representatives and government by convention held power over the imperialist Monarchy since the signing of the Bill of Rights to William of Orange/Protestants over James 11/Catholics to end a 400 year struggle between the Parliamentarians and the Monarchists