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"Divisive and ineffective": ACT Leader refutes Willie Jackson's comments on the Treaty of Waitangi

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Publish Date
Fri, 1 Sep 2023, 4:44pm
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Photo / Mark Mitchell

"Divisive and ineffective": ACT Leader refutes Willie Jackson's comments on the Treaty of Waitangi

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 1 Sep 2023, 4:44pm

ACT Leader David Seymour's taken issue with comments made by Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson, calling them divisive and ineffective.

In his final speech of the parliamentary term yesterday, Jackson said Maori have a different set of rights because they're recognised as the indigenous people of the country. 

Seymour told Heather du Plessis-Allan that it's the first time he's heard a Labour MP explicitly say the Treaty of Waitangi means some people have different rights than others.

He claims that's not true and not supported by the Treaty, which he argues says we all have the same rights and duties.

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