Australians should be wary of scare stories comparing the Voice with New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal
- Written by Michael Belgrave, Professor of History, Massey University
Fragment of the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840.Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over parliament was met with surprise in New Zealand, especially by the members of the tribunal itself. That’s because it is just plain wrong.
As the debate around the...
