On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:33:02 +1300, Crash <nog...@dontbother.invalid>
wrote:
That is of course not true. A contract signed between two peoples (the
British Crown and Maori Chiefs) was intended to survive those who
signed - contracts with companies can for example still be valid when
th e person that validly signed no longer works for the company. A
lease agreement for example can still be valid should the property be
sold to another owner.
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>There is no reason to fear what the Government is doing. They have
>committed to introduce an Bill which will attempt to define Treaty
>principles as they should apply today. There are clearly many people
>who fear what the consequences might be so they want this Bill
>stopped, despite the fact that it has not been introduced yet and has
>not gone through the Select Committee consultation process that will
>ensue. There is a commitment from the current Government that it will
>not progress further (at least through the current Parliamentary
>term). The Bill will include provision for a binding referendum.
I agree that there is no reason to fear what this coalition government
is proposing - the largest party in that coalition has stated that it
will no get past the first reading. It is however a waste of time and
money, and has clearly fooled some people as to the nature of the
agreement, and upset many who understand the betrayal that such
legislation would be to the descendants of those who signed it in good
faith - especially with the knowledge that there was little faith
demonstrated by the representatives of the Crown for so many years.
>
>What is the harm in having this debate? Are those that oppose this
>Bill so lacking in their confidence to win the debate and referendum
>that they must stop the Bill?
No problem with the debate, but it was clearly just a ''negotiating
tactic by National who deserve the contempt of New Zealanders for not
stopping the crazy proposal from ACT when it was first presented, and
saving us huge amounts of money with fruitless discussion on a
proposal that we can be grateful appears to have no hope of success.