Constitutional arrangements - resources and comment

Constitutional arrangements
- resources and comment

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Constitutional transformation / Constitutional review
- information about the Independent Maori Constitutional Working Group, a framework for Pakeha / Tauiwi community discussion on constitutional change, the government Constitutional Advisory Panel, government releases and documents, and Maori Party releases and documents

Articles and comment

Simple guide to the current constitutional arrangements and why they don't work in practice, Rowan Partnership, 2012

'Hone’s Parliament’ Idea Could Be Part Of Constitutional Review' - Turia, Voxy Newswire, 15 June, 2011

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights commends human rights constitutional reform in Mexico, UNOG, 9 June 2011

Quakers commit to constitutional change, Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa New Zealand, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) / Te Hahi Tuhauwiri, 22 May 2011

Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth, The Guardian, 10 April 2011

Iwi to hold own constitutional review, Professor Margaret Mutu and Moana Jackson, 15 December 2010

Brief of Evidence: Te Paparahi O Te Raki Inquiry, Moana Jackson, 13 September 2010

Constitutional transformation: an interview with Moana Jackson, in Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change, Malcolm Mulholland and Veronica Tawhai, Huia Publishers, March 2010

'We did not cede our sovereignty', Joan Cook Memorial Waitangi Day Essay: Reflections on the state of the Pakeha nation, Moea Armstrong, February 2010

"Kia mau ki te aka matua; kei mau ki te aka taepa / Cling to the main vine, not to the loose one - A principled approach to the constitutional future of the Treaty of Waitangi", Carwyn Jones, 29 July 2009 [video]

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

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 23 November 2005

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

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

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

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

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

2005 Review of NZ's existing constitutional arrangements

Information and comment on the review of NZ's existing constitutional arrangements, Peace Movement Aotearoa, April 2005

Some submissions to the Constitutional Arrangements Committee (CAC)
From groups:
From individuals:
Report of the Constitutional Arrangements Committee, August 2005

Links to more information

Many of the papers and statements on the foreshore and seabed information page have references to constitutional issues, see for example:
- "There are obligations there" A consideration of Maori responsibilities and obligations in regard to the seabed and foreshore, Moana Jackson
- A Foreshore Primer: Question and Answer Fact Sheet, Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission
- Some Core Values for Resolving the Foreshore and Seabed Issue, Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission
- 'Let's take a breath, and find out a bit more about Maori customary rights before we jump up and down', Dr David Williams
- Wi Parata is dead, long live Wi Parata, Dr David Williams
- No raupatu in our time, Peace Movement Aotearoa.
Submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill 2004 and the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill also refer to constitutional issues.