Lesley McLachlan National leader Judith Collins adheres to a now thoroughly outdated interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi

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National leader Judith Collins adheres to a now thoroughly outdated interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, writes Sir Michael Cullen.
It was always going to happen. Over recent decades, whenever the National Party is in big political trouble in Opposition, it reaches deep and pulls out some version of the race card. This may ...



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Lesley McLachlan

Michael Cullen (politician) : 

Sir Michael John Cullen KNZM (born 5 February 1945) ... served as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, also ... Attorney-General. He was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1996 until November 2008, ... ; 

/// Treaty of Waitangi : The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs (rangatira) from the North Island ... . 

It has become a document of central importance to the history, to the political constitution of the state, and to the national mythos of New Zealand, and has played a major role in framing the political relations between New Zealand's government and the Māori population, especially from the late-20th century. ... ; 

/// Constitution of New Zealand ... 

New Zealand has ... an "unwritten constitution", ...

 The Constitution Act 1986 has a central role,[5] alongside a collection of other statutes, orders in Council, letters patent, decisions of the courts, principles of the Treaty of Waitangi,[1][6] and unwritten traditions and conventions. ; 

... Sejin Pak Daniel Karageorgis Tim Hall John Douglas Morgan David Wong-Tung Basil Walker Selwyn Vercoe Veronica Neghme Carol Chatterton Dennis Rockell Murray Pearce ...

Daniel Karageorgis

         Lesley McLachlan did any... lawyer explain to those Maori chiefs the implications of the treaty? Were they fully aware of what they were signing?

Lesley McLachlan

Daniel Karageorgis thank you for interest;

 "Treaties and indigenous peoples: 

... Such treaties between colonizers and indigenous peoples are an important part of political discourse in the late 20th and early 21st century; the treaties being discussed have international standing as has been stated in a treaty study by the UN. "/// Treaty : Treaties and indigenous peoples

Background

Treaties formed an important part of European colonization and, in many parts of the world, Europeans attempted to legitimize their sovereignty by signing treaties with indigenous peoples. In most cases, these treaties were in extremely disadvantageous terms to the native people, who often did not comprehend the implications of what they were signing.[citation needed]

In some rare cases, such as with Ethiopia and the Qing Dynasty, local governments were able to use the treaties to at least mitigate the impact of European colonization. This involved learning the intricacies of European diplomatic customs and then using the treaties to prevent power from overstepping their agreement or by playing different powers against each other.[citation needed]

In other cases, such as New Zealand with the Māori and Canada with its First Nations people, treaties allowed native peoples to maintain a minimum amount of autonomy. 

Such treaties between colonizers and indigenous peoples are an important part of political discourse in the late 20th and early 21st century, the treaties being discussed have international standing as has been stated in a treaty study by the UN.[26][27]; 

Treaties are among the earliest manifestations of international relations, with the earliest known example dating to the mid-13th century BC, and are today recognized as a primary source of international law.[6] International law on treaties have mostly been codified by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which sets forth the rules and procedures for creating, amending, and interpreting treaties, as well as for resolving disputes and alleged breaches.[7] However, most treaties have internal procedures and mechanisms governing potential disagreements. ...