.....but Labour will provide one, along with some guaranteed jobs for Māori
The weight being given to “Treaty of Waitangi” provisions in legislation drafted by the Labour government can be measured by a quick reading of the Emergency Management Bill.
The bill has a Treaty clause. The legislation which it will replace – the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 – made no mention of the Treaty.
The Treaty clause in the Emergency Management Bill “sets out ways in which the Bill recognises and respects the Crown’s responsibility to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi”.
