February 21, 2024
Treaty sacrosanct says Luxon
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he’s not changing the Treaty of Waitangi, despite the efforts of his ACT coalition partner.
The National Party leader has been hardening up his language on ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill even as ACT leader David Seymour tries to generate wider public support for his interpretation of the document.
The bill will go to first reading so the public can make submissions to a select committee on whether to hold a referendum.
“The ACT Party hasn’t got what it wanted. The National Party hasn’t got what it wanted and thewrew has been a compromise which is that there will be support for the Bill to first reading and no further commitment be¥ond that,” Mr Luxon says.
He says as the founding document of the nation, the treaty is sacrosanct and the National will continue to honour the obligation the Crown has through treaty settlements.