The regular ballot of members' bills was drawn today, and the winning bill was New Zealand First's Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill, sponsored by Doug Woolerton. This bill would simply delete the words "principles of the treaty of waitangi" from pretty much any other acts that mention them.crack to fm 2006

However, only a few months ago, one of Rodney Hide's members bills came up for a vote on its first reading - the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. That bill would have defined the principles of the treaty in statute, rather than simply deleting them.crack to fm 2006

But New Zealand First voted against that bill, but now are putting forward their own very similar versoin.crack to fm 2006

Hypocrisy.crack to fm 2006

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