Election 2023 - Constitutional Reform Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
David Seymour
Link to
policy here
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David Seymour
- ACT would legislate that the principles of the Treaty are based on what the Treaty actually says, in contrast with recent revisionist interpretations of the Treaty’s principles, through a Treaty Principles Act and inviting citizens to ratify it.
- ACT would repeal recent laws that give different rights based on ethnicity, such as the Three Waters legislation, local government legislation, and elements of health legislation.
- ACT would reorientate the public service towards a focus on equal opportunity and need according to robust statistical evidence instead of racial targeting, along with devolution and choice for all.
- Read more here
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Link to
policy here
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- Support and resource the ongoing implementation of recommendations from the He Puapua report for forming a formal, written national constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Ensure that constitutional arrangements uphold the Articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the tino rangatiratanga of hapū and iwi.
- Institute the use of preferential voting within MMP for both the electorate and party votes.
- Initiate a review of the overall operation of campaign finance rules.
- Require agencies to respond promptly to OIA requests and narrow the exclusion provisions to withhold important information.
- Read more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Rawiri Waititi
Link to
policy here
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Rawiri Waititi
- Entrench all Māori electorates.
- Establish a Māori Parliament.
- Implement all Matike Mai recommendations for constitutional transformation
- Overhaul the Te Tiriti settlement process and end the fiscal envelope.
- Insert relativity clauses into all Te Tiriti settlements, to ensure all iwi have parity with Ngāi Tahu and Waikato-Tainui.
- Make Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding on the Crown, and implement all unaddressed WAI claim recommendations.
- Abolish “full and final” settlements and the “large natural groupings” approach to recognising mana whenua groups.
- See more here