An open letter by Don Brash challenges the Prime Minister's use of the term 'partnership' in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi, arguing that the original text does not support such a claim and urging the government to reject policies that grant preferential treatment based on Mā
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No, I don't agree with that, otherwise we wouldn't be doing it. I mean obviously there's a variety of views on this topic, but we just wanted to get some clarity instead of having all this wide variety of things. So basically what we've looked at is there's about 28 pieces of legislation that refer to the principles of the treaty. About 10 of them are going to be dealing with through separate arrangements like the Resource Management Act which is going through separately and Conservation Act separately. We've focused on 18 of them. We'll remove the reference entirely for five or six of them because it just makes no sense, has no relevance, and the others we're going to be clearer about. Now, this is a process that will take a little bit of time. We're going to introduce legislation in a couple of months. We're consulting with iwi leaders at the moment, and then it will go through a select committee process. process.
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reduction from 'give effect' to 'take into account'
Waitangi Tribunal urges halt on Treaty clause changesestablishing uniform use of Treaty terms
\\ \\ **Ensuring Treaty references are consistent**\\ \\ 15 May, 2026\\ \\ Paul GoldsmithSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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