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Waitangi Tribunal finds Cabinet’s Treaty reform proposals breach Treaty principles

The Waitangi Tribunal has found Cabinet breached Treaty principles by approving reforms without adequate evidence or meaningful Māori engagement.

Skinny McBuntu

An urgent inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal has concluded that the government's Treaty reform proposals breach multiple Treaty principles. The tribunal found Cabinet approved the reforms without adequate evidence or meaningful engagement with Māori. The findings follow warnings from iwi leaders and experts that the reforms could strip away decades of Treaty protections across key areas.

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Waitangi Tribunal says Treaty reform proposals breach Treaty principles

Urgent report finds Cabinet breached Treaty principles by approving reforms without adequate evidence or meaningful engagement with Māori.

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1News

'Prejudice': Tribunal finds reforms breach multiple Treaty principles

The Waitangi Tribunal findings come after iwi leaders and experts warned the reforms could strip away decades of Treaty protections across key areas.

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NZ Herald

Treaty clause review could be matter of life or death for Māori – Waitangi Tribunal

The tribunal has released the findings of its urgent inquiry into the bill.

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