Barrie Davis: A Referendum to Save New Zealand’s Parliament

For parliament to allow a particular race to have extraordinary exclusive power is undemocratic and racist. To allow a clown in a cowboy hat to subvert our House of Representatives and say he will set up an alternative parliament is submissive and ineffectual. If Mr Luxon agreed to drafting a Treaty Principles Bill so that he may become Prime Minister and then did not support it, that would be unprincipled and cynical.

We are to have the opportunity to make submissions regarding the Treaty Principles Bill. But that seems pointless if it does not subsequently proceed, although it would make clear the disrespect that our Parliament has for us. I figure that if I do not make a submission, the government will use that as an excuse to say that we were not really interested. So I’m going to take the opportunity to tell them what I think, then and now.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Don't underestimate the power of the Māori Party

So we had the National Māori Action Day protest today.

The protests took place across the North Island this morning and they were big, impressively so.

There were an estimated 300 cars at the Auckland protest, there were about 50 on the Southern Motorway- which created a 3km backlog- and there were over 100 people at each of the Hamilton, Whakatane, Rotorua, Tokoroa, Taupo and Palmerston North gatherings.

Rodney Hide: Treaty Principles referendum

On Reality Check Radio, Rodney Hide says that referenda are for divisive issues such as the Treaty Principles

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