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Resolution
number WH/2024/170
MOVED by Member S
Paterson-Hamlin, seconded by Member VG Gascoigne:
That
the Whau Local Board:
a)
welcome the
opportunity to provide feedback to be considered for incorporation into, and
appended to, Auckland Council’s submission to the Justice Select
Committee on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill.
b)
oppose the Treaty
Principles Bill in its entirety.
c)
acknowledge that Te
Pāremata Aotearoa / The New Zealand Parliament exists as a result of Te
Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi.
d)
further acknowledge
that the Whau Local Board likewise owes its existence to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
/ The Treaty of Waitangi.
e)
acknowledge the
decisions to date of the Waitangi Tribunal and current legal and legislative
interpretations of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of
Waitangi.
f)
acknowledge Ngā
Mātāpono – The Principles: The Interim Report of the Tomokia
Ngā Tatau o Matangireia – The Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel
on The Crown’s Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies
by The Waitangi Tribunal.
g)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that the above report found that this Bill’s
introduction breaches Te Tiriti o Waitangi in several key ways; lacks policy
imperative to justify its existence, is ‘novel’ in its Treaty
interpretations, uses a disingenuous historical narrative, and distorts the
text of Te Triti o Waitangi.
h)
acknowledge the
concerns of Crown Law, Ministry of Justice officials, Kings Counsel Members,
and legal academics regarding this Bill.
i)
dispute the
interpretation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi as expressed in this Bill.
j)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note concerns of the following:
i)
the lack of
meaningful engagement with iwi Māori in the formulation of this Bill,
itself a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi.
ii)
the perpetuation of
misinformation and misinterpretations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of
Waitangi caused by this Bill.
iii)
the disruption to
social cohesion already created by this Bill, contrary to its stated aims.
iv)
the apparent lack
of understanding within the Bill of the impacts of colonisation, including
intergenerational inequities.
v)
the apparent lack
of understanding within the Bill of indigenous rights as set out, for
example, in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
People, which Aotearoa New Zealand is a signatory to.
vi)
the subsequent
erasure of indigenous rights for Māori this Bill would lead to if
passed.
k)
strongly recommend
that this Bill does not proceed to its second reading.
CARRIED
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