Government weakens Te Tiriti obligations in law
They didn’t announce it. They didn’t consult. Now Te Tiriti obligations across 23 laws are being quietly downgraded — and Māori were never in the room.

They didn’t announce it. They didn’t consult. Now Te Tiriti obligations across 23 laws are being quietly downgraded — and Māori were never in the room.

If Te Tiriti can be removed from education policy, what’s left is not neutral — it’s a choice about whose voice matters.

If education reform sidelines Te Tiriti, it’s not reform — it’s regression. The Tribunal hearings could force that truth into the open.

Cut the people who hold the Crown accountable to Te Tiriti — then pretend the relationship still works. That’s the play.
The Crown breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi when it recognised the mandate of the Whakatōhea Pre-settlement Claims…