Live: The Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading
1 day ago · The Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the house following a haka. Maipi-Clarke interrupted the vote on the Treaty Principles Bill's first reading with a haka taken up by members of the opposition and people in the public ...
Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading amid haka interruption
1 day ago · The Government's Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament, with ACT leader David Seymour's legislation facing heated opposition. MPs who opposed the Bill described it as being "divisive", a "wrecking ball" to Crown-Māori relations, and "amounting to a dictatorship of the majority". Labour MP Willie Jackson was booted ...
Explainer: The path ahead for the Treaty Principles Bill - 1News
1 day ago · The Bill's introduction comes as a nationwide hīkoi winds its way to Wellington to protest the proposed legislation.. A Waitangi Tribunal report in August found the Bill would "undermine social cohesion".It added this month that the Bill "would be the worst, most comprehensive breach of the Treaty/te Tiriti in modern times" if enacted.
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP …
1 day ago · RNZ News. New Zealand’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration as the national Hīkoi continued its journey to the capital. Opposition Te Pati Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the House following a haka.
Full video: First reading of the Treaty Principles Bill - 1News
1 day ago · Labour claims 'cover-up' as weekly reporting on benefit numbers cancelled. After 36 years of gigging and recording, the band has announced Loud Forever — The Final Tour. The artist is not the first performer to be the subject of a college-level course. David Seymour’s bill will have its first reading in Parliament today.
Treaty Principles Bill vote: How the fiery debate led to MP being ...
1 day ago · Act leader David Seymour’s contentious Treaty Principles Bill passed its first vote in Parliament on Thursday, but not until after a fiery, impassioned debate that saw one Te Pāti Māori MP ...
House suspended as haka interrupts first reading of the Treaty ...
1 day ago · House suspended as haka interrupts first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. Speaker Gerry Brownlee has suspended the House of Representatives after a haka, led by Te Paati Māori and performed ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Christopher Luxon pushes back against …
2 days ago · The principles in the draft legislation – officially the “Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill” – include that the Government has the power to govern in the interests of everyone and ...
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret …
1 day ago · Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which has been fundamental to race relations in New Zealand.
The Treaty Principles Bill has been released: Here's what's in it
Nov 6, 2024 · The principles set out in the bill as introduced are: Principle 1: The Executive Government of New Zealand has full power to govern, and the Parliament of New Zealand has full power to make laws, (a) in the best interests of everyone; and (b) in accordance with the rule of law and the maintenance of a free and democratic society.
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