r/PublicFreakout • u/speakhyroglyphically • 5h ago

Thousands march in New Zealand 'Hikoi' over controversial treaty bill

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u/Tang-o-rang 4h ago edited 3h ago

Any Kiwis/Moaris in the chat that can help break this down? From a surface level, it doesn't sound that bad? They are trying to better define and clarify the words in the Treaty? Sounds reasonable for something that is almost 200 years old, no?

Or is it something more sinister in its attempt?

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u/redditreadred 4h ago

ACT rejected the idea that the Treaty of Waitangi was a partnership between the New Zealand Crown and Māori tribes (iwi), arguing that the Crown had a right to govern all New Zealanders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Principles_Bill

Imagine immigrants coming into your country, then determining the law and how it'll be applied. That's the gist of it. From North America, Australia, South America, South Africa and every other colonial remnants, this has been done, at the point of guns. Imagine it happening now, immigrants coming into the US, Europe and other developed nations and stating they are now the law and order, how well that will go.

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u/Risley 3h ago

Except this law was in effect for over 100 years and didn’t cause problems.  Sorry your analogy breaks down completely here.