Yesterday the NZ Herald has reported on a new poll that finds 60 percent of Kiwis back ACT’s proposed principles for the Treaty of Waitangi, compared to just 18 percent opposed.
ACT believes the Treaty ought to be a document that unifies New Zealand. But in recent decades the courts and Waitangi Tribunal have used a twisted interpretation of the Treaty principles to push an agenda of co-governance and division.
Of course, no society in history has succeeded by having different political rights based on birth.
The left-aligned parties and the media have sought to misrepresent ACT’s plan, so let me set it out clearly here:
ACT would bring a Treaty Principles Act to Parliament.
The Act would be short but decisive. It would define the Principles of the Treaty as:
- All citizens of New Zealand have the same political rights and duties
- All political authority comes from the people by democratic means including universal suffrage, regular and free elections with a secret ballot
- New Zealand is a multi-ethnic liberal democracy where discrimination based on ethnicity is illegal
After debate and passage by Parliament, New Zealanders would then have the final say via referendum – and today’s poll suggests the newly-defined principles would be easily approved in a popular vote.
That’s what real change looks like. Simply changing the government is not enough – we need to change the direction that New Zealand is headed.
If you agree that nobody should get an extra say because of who their great grandparents were, and that public services should be delivered based on need, not race, then give your Party Vote to ACT.
Yours sincerely,
 |  Nicole McKeeACT List MP | Candidate for Rongotai |
Totally agree with the proposal by ACT, on TOW document.
The 18% that disagree, I don’t think we need their distraction in NEW ZEALAND.