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


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

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Reasons To Disagree

Seperatist politics is a loosing game for everyone

25 March 2006

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

20 May 2006

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

10 November 2006

There is no need to complicate legislation in this way.

5 May 2007

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

21 June 2007

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.

17 July 2007

The treaty is irrelevant; all those involved in it are long dead

27 August 2012

All the Treaty said is that (1) the chiefs agreed to UK sovereignty (2) the government promised to protect land and other valuable from theft by enemy tribes, or other criminals and (3) the government promised to treat NZ natives as UK subjects. The Treaty says nothing about "partnership" or any other of the alleged "principles".

6 July 2013

one law for all with no racist references.

21 August 2014

 

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)

19 September 2005

Absolutly!

11 January 2006

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

3 February 2006

The Treaty of Waitangi is a very specific law written for the original inhabitants of New Zealand who existed when the British commenced settlement there.

9 March 2011

Seek section 9 when decisions are being made to sell off assets without first consulting 'all citizens of NZ'. There is nothing the Greens do today that the Treaty hasn't demanded since the day of inception. Anti apartheid was drawn from this document because the Maori allowed colonisers to share the same space, anti nuclear was also initiated in the Treaty for environmental etc blah blah. If you don't see the obvious then you are ignorant and beyond my educating anyone. Perhaps civil unrest is preferred here.

10 February 2012

Reasons for Remain Neutral

I think the Constitution Act or Bill of Rights Act provides this anyway?

30 January 2006

depends who is defining what that reference actually means. my interpretation of te triti o faitangi is probably very different to yours.

18 January 2008

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