If the Opportunity Party holds the balance of power after the election, its ‘honouring te Tiriti’ policy could be a deal maker – or breaker.
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Legislation changing Treaty provisions within the law is due to be introduced before this year’s election, with legal challenges and protests likely.
The US Supreme Court will soon rule on Donald Trump’s attempt to end automatic citizenship rights for people born in the US. It’s not a clear-cut issue in NZ either.
The review is a coalition promise, but is based on questionable assumptions about the tribunal’s legal status and purpose. And now the UN is looking at it.
Taking away the duty of boards to give effect’ to te Tiriti o Waitangi undermines the expectation that schools should work for Maori as well as for anyone else.
A single, overarching, publicly-approved written constitution could allay fears of giving governments longer terms. But NZ tends to shy away from such bold reform.
As cities and districts prepare for referendums on retaining Māori wards, a contentious claim resurfaces about the meaning and intent of the Treaty of Waitangi.
ACT has been trying to pass a version of its Regulatory Standards Bill for 20 years. Opposed by the Waitangi Tribunal and others, it is now poised to succeed.
Children placed in state care from 1950 to 1999 have had significantly shorter average life expectancies than the wider population, this new analysis shows.
Some say an oral promise of religious protection read out at Waitangi in 1840 amounts to a fourth article of the Treaty. But the historical evidence isn’t there.
Māori have been writing about their experiences for two centuries. Here, the authors of a new book about that literary legacy pick ten of their must-read titles.
For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what’s fair – not just what’s equal.
The Treaty Principles Bill pits two ideas about national identity against each other – egalitarianism and biculturalism. But are they really mutually exclusive?
Claims of ‘activist’ judges usurping the law-making role of parliament are getting louder. But these need to be balanced against the slow and conservative nature of how the common law is developed.
With submissions now being sought on the Treaty Principles Bill, can the debate rise above party politics but remain grounded in evidence?
What is the ‘truth’ about colonialism and its modern relevance? This complex question is testing political consensus not only in New Zealand, but in other post-colonial societies too.
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible referendum on the issue would raise the stakes considerably.
With ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill imminent, how much do we know about the current principles? And were they ever a proper reflection of the text and intent of te Tiriti?
With the death of Kīngi Tūheitia at a time of heightened tensions around Māori-Crown relations, the Kingitanga movement’s founding principle of kotahitanga – unity – remains as relevant as ever.
With debate raging around the Treaty Principles Bill. It’s important to recognise a dispute between Māori and the Crown is not the same as a breakdown in relations between Māori and Pākehā in general.
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of History, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Honorary Adjunct Professor, Te Kawa a Māui - School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Adjunct professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of History, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington