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.
A social investment consultant is calling for Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act to remain, saying its removal will lead to higher social impacts on Māori and Pākehā, and higher costs to the state.
ACT leader David Seymour, who is trying to get a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi, has rubbished a Te Pāti Māori-backed member’s bill to make Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding, claiming the tribunal sees itself as a “parallel Government”.
Te Pāti Māori is proposing a new law that would make Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding on the Crown.
Ngāti Raukawa had the final word, closing a four-year programme of Waitangi Tribunal hearings to hear evidence from the Iwi.
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.
Almost a third of people in state and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 2019 were abused, the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has found, describing it as a “disgrace” and a “stain” on the national character.
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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