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“Minister Jackson has called
the
He Puapua report a ‘starting point’ and
‘catalyst’ which is concerning given how far the
document goes towards a future of an increasingly divided
New Zealand.
“The National Party stands for equal
citizenship for all. We must be one people underneath the
law despite all of our diversity. We will not support a
system of co-governance that undermines our democracy and
treats people differently based on
ethnicity.
“Questions of constitution are not simply
a conversation to be had between Māori and the Crown. New
Zealand is not made up of just Pākehā and Māori. We are
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 3:53 pm
The Prime Minister did not rule out today that potential
hate speech crimes will have a more severe maximum prison
sentence than the crime of ‘assault on a child’, Leader
of the Opposition Judith Collins says.
“This is
consistent with her Government’s ongoing trend of poor
prioritisation and complete lack of understanding of what
New Zealanders are concerned about. They are clinging to
ill-thought out and illiberal hate speech proposals which
the majority of New Zealanders oppose entirely.
“The
Prime Minister’s muddled answers to my questions in
Parliament provided no further clarity on the definition of
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I want to be very clear with New Zealanders, the National Party will reverse any attempts Jacinda Ardern’s Government makes to criminalise speech beyond the threshold of ‘inciting violence,’ Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This .