Associate health minister David Seymour’s directive to Pharmac may streamline decisionmaking but it downplays the true role of the Treaty of Waitangi, writes Dominic O’Sullivan
Today marks a sombre moment in time as the Crown has once again chosen to disregard Te Tiriti o Waitangi by repealing the Māori Ward law.
The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care shone light into a dark corner of modern New Zealand history, revealing inconceivable industrial-level abuse of 200,000 of our most vulnerable people.
David Seymour is scrambling to find evidence to support his position, rather than having evidence determine policy.
The government’s military-style bootcamp programme for young offenders begins tomorrow, with a pilot group of 10 teenagers.
The Act Party wants to rewrite the principles that are defined in law, and replace them with its own, based on an interpretation of Te Tiriti that bears scant resemblance to the 1840 agreement. National has signalled it will support the bill being introduced, but not beyond select committee.
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