- The law fails with 112 votes against him, with 11 in favor.
- The failed bill was the policy of Seymour’s law in New Zealand.
- Our movement for the justice of TE Tyriti or Waithi “continues to live.”
Wellington: The New Zealand Parliament on Thursday thoroughly rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s founding agreement after months of protest and debate on the place of indigenous Maori in the Pacific Nation.
The Wauti Treaty, first signed in 1840 between the British crown and more than 500 Maori bosses, establishes how the two parties agreed to govern. The interpretation of the clauses in the legislation and policy of the document guide today.
The failed bill was a policy of David Seymour’s law in New Zealand, which obtained 8.6% of the party’s vote in the 2023 elections.
Seymour had said that the draft law of the treaty was that the Parliament defined the principles of the treaty, provides certainty and clarity, and promotes the debates about its place in constitutional arrangements.
In coalition negotiations, Act National and New Zealand coalition partners had pledged to support the bill through the first of three readings, but they had said they would not support him in the law.
The law, which needs a simple majority to approve his second reading, failed with 112 votes against him and only 11 votes for her.
“The draft law of the treaty is dead. Our movement for tequiti or waithi (Wagangi’s treaty) that justice continues to live,” said the co-leader of the Green Marama Davidson party, whose party did not support the bill. “Instead of dividing and conquering, this bill has contact and attached to the communities throughout the motu (country) in solidarity for our foundation agreement and what it represents.”
The bill has attracted significant attention. In November, tens of thousands of people marched to the New Zealand Parliament as a sample of opposition to the bill, in what was one of the largest protests in New Zealand. A flood of presentations to the Committee was followed considering the bill.
