Live: David Seymour smiling as Treaty hīkoi continues south
1 day ago · Some of the hīkoi participants in Hamilton on Thursday. Photo: Layla Bailey-McDowell/RNZ. Despite drama in Parliament and a hīkoi heading to the capital, ACT leader David Seymour says the first reading of his Treaty Principles Bill was a success. Defiance in the debating chamber led to two opposition MPs being ejected during the debate on ...
Revealed: the full text of David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill
Nov 6, 2024 · The full text of the introduced Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill has been revealed, with the bill introduced to Parliament today. The full legislation, now available at legislation.govt.nz, also reveals the finalised proposed principles by which David Seymour wants Aotearoa to interpret the Treaty with, as well as the question he would ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: Why David Seymour might want it to fail
2 days ago · Photo / Michael Cunningham. The Treaty Principles Bill has its first reading in Parliament today even though it’s doomed to fail - but that might be exactly what Act leader David Seymour wants ...
Treaty Principles Bill: PM Christopher Luxon claps back at Act’s David …
1 day ago · Treaty Principles Bill: PM Christopher Luxon claps back at Act’s David Seymour, Te Pāti Māori delivers on dramatic day in Parliament
The Treaty Principles Bill has been released: Here's what's in it
Nov 6, 2024 · Explainer: The history of the Treaty Principles Bill; The bill's champion, ACT's David Seymour, hailed the introduction of the bill in a media release saying the principles of the Treaty "are not going anywhere". "Either Parliament can define them, or the courts will continue to meddle in this area of critical political and constitutional ...
Waitangi: David Seymour explains stance on Treaty Principles Bill …
Feb 5, 2024 · ACT Party leader and Associate Justice Minister David Seymour has explained his reasoning behind controversial plans to review the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The proposal, to be heard in Parliament as the Treaty Principles Bill, has drawn widespread criticism and protest from Māori and beyond this week, particularly at Waitangi Day ...
David Seymour defends timing of Treaty Principles Bill debate
Nov 6, 2024 · David Seymour says introducing the Treaty Principles Bill this week - earlier than expected - is business as normal. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone. The Tribunal's interim report warns Seymour's Bill would be the worst, most comprehensive breach of the Te Tiriti in modern times. The Bill has been the focus of widespread debate and criticism, and ...