Waitangi Tribunal report slams proposed Treaty Principles Bill, Seymour welcomes dialogue

Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi (1840) - Waitangi Sheet

Summarised by Centrist

A Waitangi Tribunal claimant urges the government to scrap the Treaty Principles Bill, with the tribunal calling it “a solution to a problem that does not exist.” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon noted the report hasn’t been debated in Cabinet. ACT leader David Seymour welcomes the report as part of a necessary national conversation, stating, “What I reject is the idea that all people who are Māori think the same way… and that assumption… is racist.”

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