“Minister Jackson has called
the
He Puapua report a ‘starting point’ and
‘catalyst’ which is concerning given how far the
document goes towards a future of an increasingly divided
New Zealand.
“The National Party stands for equal
citizenship for all. We must be one people underneath the
law despite all of our diversity. We will not support a
system of co-governance that undermines our democracy and
treats people differently based on
ethnicity.
“Questions of constitution are not simply
a conversation to be had between Māori and the Crown. New
Zealand is not made up of just Pākehā and Māori. We are