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Revolutionary Change: Unpacking the Proposed Law that Risks Turning New Zealand’s Constitution on its Head

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Revolutionary Change: Unpacking the Proposed Law that Risks Turning New Zealand’s Constitution on its Head

Caspian Rive | Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law

September 26, 2024 08:52:45 am

In this commentary, JURIST editor Caspian Rive a law and history honours student at Victoria University of Wellington argues that the New Zealand government should abandon the Treaty Principles Bill before it reaches Parliament. In Aotearoa New Zealand, there is no part of the constitution more wilfully misremembered than te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of [...]

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