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Constitutional arrangements
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Articles and comment         Links to more information

Submissions on NZ's existing constitutional arrangements


Articles and comment

  • 'We did not cede our sovereignty', Joan Cook Memorial Waitangi Day Essay: Reflections on the state of the Pakeha nation, Moea Armstrong, February 2010
  • Tangata Whenua Rights and the Constitution, Statement from Friends' Yearly Meeting (Aotearoa New Zealand), 11-13 July 2008
  • Changing the game plan: the Foreshore and Seabed Act and constitutional change, Dr Maria Bargh, May 2006

  • An Imbalance of Powers: Maori Land Claims and an Unchecked Parliament, Claire Charters, 27 March 2006

  • International Developments Concerning Indigenous Peoples and their Relation to National Laws, Policies and Action: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Claire Charters, October 2005 - Paper for the United Nations Expert Seminar on Implementation of National Legislation and Jurisprudence Concerning Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Experiences from the Americas, 12-14 October 2005
  • Information on NZ Day Bill submissions, deadline 29 July 2005

  • Moana Jackson: 'A Constitution for Aotearoa-New Zealand based on the Treaty of Waitangi' - Wellington on 29 June, Christchurch on 12 July, and Auckland on 21 July 2005
  • Hikoi: one year on - a public forum in Wellington, 12 May 2005
  • Te Taumata Kaumatua o Ngapuhi Statement, 18 April 2005
  • A tempest in a teacup, Jim Stuart, 15 April 2005
  • Our most important goal could be ditching monolithic view of power, Nandor Tanczos, 1 April 2005
  • Submissions due on NZ's existing constitutional arrangements, Peace Movement Aotearoa, April 2005
  • The Treaty and New Zealand’s Constitution: reversing the shadows, Tariana Turia, 3 February 2005
  • An opinion on Waitangi, Hone Harawira, 2 February 2005
  • The Reconciliation of Kawanatanga and Tino Rangatiratanga, Professor Whatarangi Winiata, 30 January 2005
  • Myths, National Origins, Common Law and the Waitangi Tribunal, Dr David Williams, December 2004
  • Court marshal, Gordon Campbell, 20 November 2004
  • A great Judiciary ... if it does what it is supposed to do, Tapu Misa, 8 September 2004
  • The Treaty is an enduring compact of mutual obligations between Crown and Iwi, Rev Gary Clover, March 2004
  • New Wave/Old Wave: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Colonial Continuum, Aziz Choudry, 12 April 2003
  • Honouring the Treaty of Waitangi ­ Are the Parties Measuring Up? David Williams, September 2002
  • Tino rangatiratanga, Joint Methodist Presbyterian Public Questions Committee, July 1993 - includes sections on The Meaning of Tino Rangatiratanga, Rangatiratanga and Kawanatanga, the Labour Government 1984-1990, the National Government 1990-1993, Maori Devolution, the Courts, the Waitangi Tribunal, the Principles of the Treaty, and the Need for Constitutional Reform

  • Submissions

  • Information and comment on the review of NZ's existing constitutional arrangements, Peace Movement Aotearoa, April 2005
  • Submissions to the Constitutional Arrangements Committee (CAC)

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  • Many of the papers and statements on the foreshore and seabed information page have references to constitutional issues, see for example:

  • Many submissions on the foreshore and seabed also refer to constitutional issues.

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