20241107-Treaty-Principles-Bill.pdf [pdf, 291 KB]
...proposes the elimination of any differential treatment, it could cause another enactment to be interpreted in a way that causes a material disadvantage to any person who would have relied upon wider principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in the pursuit of claims against the state, other than settlements of historic claims, which are excluded from its scope. Those persons are likely to predominantly be Māori. 9. Section 20 of the NZBORA guarantees that: A person who belongs to an ethnic, religi...