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23-05-2025
- Politics
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Green Party Condemns Regulatory Standards Bill
Press Release – Green Party This Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whnau and our taiao for profit. The Green Party condemns the passing of the Regulatory Standards Bill at first reading and is clear that the fight is not over. 'The Regulatory Standards Bill is another attack on te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Prime Minister has again failed to show up for our founding document,' says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi promises protection for people and planet. We've seen hundreds of thousands of people show up in support of te Tiriti o Waitangi, so we know our communities will not stand for this. 'This Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. 'For a Bill that claims to attempt to embed 'good law-making', the Bill has already breached te Tiriti o Waitangi in its policy development, and has completely ignored the significant opposition and feedback provided in over 22,000 submissions. 'Budget 2025 has failed Māori and shows the Coalition Government's sustained disregard for its Tiriti o Waitangi obligations. With the passage of the Regulatory Standards Bill, this Government has cemented its active role in the culture war, in spite of the document that allowed its very existence. 'Governments come and go. Politicians come and go. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is foundational and enduring. Honouring te Tiriti o Waitangi is the constitutional obligation of every Prime Minister – something Christopher Luxon must show leadership by scrapping the Regulatory Standards Bill. 'Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua. Whatungarongaro te Kāwanatanga, toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi. People disappear, while the land remains. While Governments come and go, te Tiriti o Waitangi is forever,' says Marama Davidson.
Scoop
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Green Party Condemns Regulatory Standards Bill
Press Release – Green Party This Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whnau and our taiao for profit. The Green Party condemns the passing of the Regulatory Standards Bill at first reading and is clear that the fight is not over. 'The Regulatory Standards Bill is another attack on te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Prime Minister has again failed to show up for our founding document,' says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi promises protection for people and planet. We've seen hundreds of thousands of people show up in support of te Tiriti o Waitangi, so we know our communities will not stand for this. 'This Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. 'For a Bill that claims to attempt to embed 'good law-making', the Bill has already breached te Tiriti o Waitangi in its policy development, and has completely ignored the significant opposition and feedback provided in over 22,000 submissions. 'Budget 2025 has failed Māori and shows the Coalition Government's sustained disregard for its Tiriti o Waitangi obligations. With the passage of the Regulatory Standards Bill, this Government has cemented its active role in the culture war, in spite of the document that allowed its very existence. 'Governments come and go. Politicians come and go. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is foundational and enduring. Honouring te Tiriti o Waitangi is the constitutional obligation of every Prime Minister – something Christopher Luxon must show leadership by scrapping the Regulatory Standards Bill. 'Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua. Whatungarongaro te Kāwanatanga, toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi. People disappear, while the land remains. While Governments come and go, te Tiriti o Waitangi is forever,' says Marama Davidson.
Scoop
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Green Party Condemns Regulatory Standards Bill
The Green Party condemns the passing of the Regulatory Standards Bill at first reading and is clear that the fight is not over. 'The Regulatory Standards Bill is another attack on te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Prime Minister has again failed to show up for our founding document," says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi promises protection for people and planet. We've seen hundreds of thousands of people show up in support of te Tiriti o Waitangi, so we know our communities will not stand for this. 'This Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. 'For a Bill that claims to attempt to embed 'good law-making', the Bill has already breached te Tiriti o Waitangi in its policy development, and has completely ignored the significant opposition and feedback provided in over 22,000 submissions. 'Budget 2025 has failed Māori and shows the Coalition Government's sustained disregard for its Tiriti o Waitangi obligations. With the passage of the Regulatory Standards Bill, this Government has cemented its active role in the culture war, in spite of the document that allowed its very existence. 'Governments come and go. Politicians come and go. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is foundational and enduring. Honouring te Tiriti o Waitangi is the constitutional obligation of every Prime Minister – something Christopher Luxon must show leadership by scrapping the Regulatory Standards Bill. 'Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua. Whatungarongaro te Kāwanatanga, toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi. People disappear, while the land remains. While Governments come and go, te Tiriti o Waitangi is forever,' says Marama Davidson.
Scoop
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Government's Budget Fails Māori
The Government has failed Māori and ignored its Te Tiriti obligations with its Budget, says Te Mātāwaka, the Green Party's Māori and Pasifika Caucus. "This Budget has no ambition for Māori and ignores te Tiriti o Waitangi. We deserve better and can do much better," says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a promise of protection, for our whānau and our whenua. A promise this Government has broken before and has broken again today with this Budget. 'This Budget builds on the Government's legacy of the Treaty Principles Bill, the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora and the repeal of 7AA. 'Budget 2025 strips the Māori Development fund by nearly $10 million, cuts funding to Whakaata Māori even deeper and leaves Whānua Ora with even less than what it was given in the last Budget which we know was far from enough. The cuts made to Māori housing today are also an absolute disgrace. 'Christopher Luxon has clearly given up on even pretending to care about Māori, failing to show up at Waitangi and now failing to provide anything of substance for our communities with this Budget. 'A Green Government will uphold te Tiriti o Waitangi in everything we do. We are here to honour the promises Aotearoa was founded upon. 'We will fill the gaps in our health system that have failed our people across generations by bringing back Te Aka Whai Ora and rolling out free GPs across Aotearoa, especially in hard-to-reach communities. 'Our Hoki Whenua Mai policy means land back for tangata whenua and protection against further acquisitions from the Crown. 'We can do all of this and more by making this a one-term Government, by demanding the rich pay their fair share, and by embedding te Tiriti o Waitangi as the poutokomanawa of our whare ora,' says Marama Davidson.
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19-05-2025
- Politics
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Prime Minister Must Scrap The Regulatory Standards Bill
Press Release – Green Party The Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whnau and our taiao for profit. The Green Party is urging the Prime Minister to get rid of the Regulatory Standards Bill after the Waitangi Tribunal found that the Bill breaches the Crown's Tiriti o Waitangi obligations. 'The Regulatory Standards Bill is another thinly veiled attack on te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Prime Minister failed to show leadership on the Treaty Principles Bill, he can begin to make amends by abandoning this Bill,' says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the promise of protection, for people and planet. We have seen hundreds of thousands of people show up in support of te Tiriti o Waitangi, we know our communities will not stand for this. 'The Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. 'For a Bill that claims to attempt to embed 'good law-making', the Bill has already breached te Tiriti o Waitangi in its policy development and has completely ignored the significant opposition and feedback provided in over 22,000 submissions. 'The last time the Prime Minister showed up to Waitangi, he said that te Tiriti o Waitangi was our past, present, and future. As Prime Minister, it would be wrong for him to again ignore the findings of the Waitangi Tribunal and allow this Bill to proceed without real engagement with Māori on such constitutionally significant legislation. 'Governments come and go. Politicians come and go. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is foundational and enduring. Honouring te Tiriti o Waitangi is the constitutional obligation of every Prime Minister – something Christopher Luxon must take personal responsibility for by scrapping the Regulatory Standards Bill. 'Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua. Whatungarongaro te Kāwanatanga, toitū te Tiriti o Waitangi. People disappear, while the land remains. Governments come and go, while te Tiriti o Waitangi is forever,' says Marama Davidson.
