On Monday night I attended a meeting to listen to David Round of the Independent Constitutional Review panel.
This was a follow-up to the recent meeting held by Michael Cullen of the Constitutional Advisory Panel of which the main aim is to entrench the Treaty of Waitangi into a written constitution for New Zealand. If this happens, our lovely country will be heading down the path to apartheid.
The racially-stacked Advisory Panel have spent two years talking to iwi about this, and ethically, they must now inform the other 85% of us about their intent. The trouble is, they don't want us to know about it!
On the other hand, David Round is a lecturer in law at the university of Canterbury and an expert on treaty and constitutional issues. He is co-author of the book 'Twisting the Treaty” and he reiterated that in order to have true democracy we must reject any reference to the Treaty of Waitangi in any constitutional document.
In a democracy, there must be one law for all with no regard to race, gender or religion.
Submissions to the government must be received by July 1. A suggested submission - 'New Zealand does not need a written constitution and I strongly oppose any legislation or reference to the Treaty of Waitangi should one be drafted now or in the future.”
Email it to [email protected] or post to The Secretariat, Constitutional Advisory Panel, c/- Ministry of Justice, DX SX 10088, Welllington.
You, the public, can take your pick! Do you want to live in a democracy, or do you want the corruption and uncertainty of apartheid? You have 15 days to ensure the government hears your voice!

R. Bishop, Pyes Pa.