OPINION Note to Chris Hipkins and all other politicians: Please don’t call me ‘non-Māori’. I’m not a ‘non’. I am who I am, a Pākehā New Zealander, Tangata.
Two events are set to be a big draw for crowds on Waitangi Day in Hawke’s Bay and both will focus on the importance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and strengthening.
ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill assumes Māori have been granted special privileges. But it can equally be argued the Treaty prevents the undemocratic concentration of power in the hands of a few.