Bob Edlin: Hipkins’ stance on an all-powerful Treaty Commissioner

It’s comforting to hear Hipkins’ stance on an all-powerful Treaty Commissioner – but what might change his mind?

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has told RNZ’s Morning Report the Labour Party will not support the Māori Party’s outrageous call for the establishment of a parliamentary commissioner for the Treaty of Waitangi with the extraordinary power to veto parliamentary decisions.