I am finding it hard to believe that the media is not taking up the issue of NZ's constitution as it is under major review at present.
What is being mooted and driven by the ‘Maori Party' is of major concern and not for the good for all New Zealanders.
The review committee is so biased and stacked against 87% of New Zealanders. Plus there has been no consultation with the people or referendum hardly a peep on the subject at all to the public!
We should just stay with the status quo which is an ‘unwritten constitution' one that allowed this country to be the first in the world to give women the vote, Maori men the vote 1860's social welfare laws for workers all this before anywhere else in the world, because of our 'unwritten constitution' so that Parliament was able to allow these changes. It's called Democracy.
Now we have a minority group the Maori Party wanting NZ to have a ‘Written Constitution' all in a single minded attempt to install the ‘Treaty of Waitangi' in a ‘written constitution' which will then be set in concrete and Parliament then will not be able to override or make changes to as this is what a ‘written constitution' is all about, Parliament no longer has any power over the constitution.
Guess what the next step is after this happens?.
I am hoping the media will start to investigate and bring to the notice of New Zealanders of what is happening before late 2013 when this is due for change.
Christina Humphreys, Katikati.
4 comments
I agree
Posted on 01-12-2012 12:07 | By The Big Tomatosaurus
Totally agree with you. I urge people to visit www.nzcpr.com and read about the way our politicians are, by stealth and corruption, eroding our democracy into an apartheid. And the average dumb kiwi is more worried about how the ABs go on their tour and what xmas sales are coming up.
New constitution
Posted on 02-12-2012 16:10 | By The author of this comment has been removed.
Over the last 25 years the government has taken many of our assets and resources and given them to iwi Maori, Fisheries,Forests,crown Lands,Forshore, Rivers,Seabed, lakes and beaches.Iwi maori today has gained 435 billion of assets and resources.A new constitution being investigated by the government's handpicked Constitution Advisory Board based on the Bolivian Constitution could allow Government to seize the following and give them to Iwi maori, private Land, homes, cars, water, airwaves,etc anything of value to Maori/iwi Maori. It happened in Suth Africa and Bolivia and it could happen in New Zealand. With the John Key accepting the United Nation's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and recognising Maori as the indigenous people of NZ without evidence. A new Constitution could allow maori to seize supreme power in NZ with the help of the United Nations and the indigenous people of the world. We do not need a new Constitution, we need a new Act of Parliament where all New Zealanders are treated the same under the law, WE must honour the Tiriti o Waitangi that our ancestors signed at Waitangi on the 6th February 1840. Ian Brougham
Constitution
Posted on 02-12-2012 19:27 | By dclyle
The Treaty of Waitangi is an excellent example of why NZ should not consider having a written constition. Every line, every word is continuously being reinterpreted causing argument, dissension, bitterness and separatism particularly when mainly one side is insisting on clauses to their advantage
Bridges
Posted on 02-12-2012 20:58 | By Captain Sensible
With the traitor Chris Finlayson allegedly acting for the crown over T of W settlements, there is little hope for us unless we contact our MP with our concerns. I contacted Simon Bridges, but despite promising to get back to me, he never did. I contacted him again but he still never bothered getting back to me. Sadly, he is not interested in tough topics like this...he is more of a baby kisser for a photo opportunity.
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