Sir Douglas Graham warns that ACT’s “one law for all” agenda is foolish and likely to provoke protest.
But there is a rather revealing assumption behind his argument: that seeking equality before the law is somehow an attack on Māori.
It isn't.
The real question is whether New Zealand should continue developing a legal and political framework in which some rights, powers and forms of political participation depend on ancestry — or whether citizenship should ultimately mean equal rights and responsibilities under one law.
The real question is whether New Zealand should continue developing a legal and political framework in which some rights, powers and forms of political participation depend on ancestry — or whether citizenship should ultimately mean equal rights and responsibilities under one law.
