He Puapua is quite a radical interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi. It does contain elements in it and recommendations that have clearly been undertaken by some of the Government agencies and ministries - all without discussing it with the wider New Zealand population, she says. We are not three-year-olds, we need to be able to have these discussions.
Collins has been accused of playing the race card, using terms such as segregation and racist separatism to describe the new proposed Māori Health Authority - one of the Māori kaupapa put forward in
He Puapua.
She said she uses these words very carefully and clearly because she thinks it s important New Zealanders know what the Government has in store for them.
But Collins isn t taking Ardern at her word. It is important that just because the Prime Minister said this, that we should question that - what she says - because she also said that there would be no new taxes, that they weren t going to have a capital gains tax, but they effectively did that, she told Magic Talk on Monday. We had Grant Robertson, the Finance Minister, saying no changes to the bright-line test, and lo and behold, a few months later guess what? There are changes.  I simply look at the evidence, and the evidence is department after department, agency after agency, is pursuing this path, all of which is shown in the
Good morning, delegates. It’s an absolute privilege to be speaking to you all here today as your leader. I’d like to acknowledge National Party President Peter Goodfellow, my fellow board members, my lower North Island colleagues and all of .