NZ First drafting bill to require only one Ngāpuhi settlement

Explained: What's happening with Shane Jones' Treaty settlement bill for Ngāpuhi?

Shane Jones says NZ First is drafting a member’s bill that would force a single commercial settlement in Ngāpuhi’s Treaty negotiations. What would this mean?

Shane Jones: NZ First MP on the Ngāpuhi settlement - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

New Zealand First says the country can no-longer afford a drawn-out Treaty settlement with the largest iwi.   The party's drafting legislation to require a single settlement with Ngāpuhi, rather than multiple agreements.   However, Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith has signalled he's open to settlements with smaller groups within iwi.  NZ First MP Shane Jones told Mike Hosking the $20 million process is holding up Whangarei Hospital re…

Shane Jones says bill is being drafted forcing Ngāpuhi into a single commercial settlement

Shane Jones said the bill would ensure there was no mention of hapū sovereignty in any settlement with Ngāpuhi.

NZ First drafting bill to require only one Ngāpuhi settlement

NZ First Minister Shane Jones is drafting legislation to require a single settlement with Ngāpuhi rather than multiple agreements with smaller groups, saying...

Shane Jones challenges Ardern to appear before Covid Inquiry - Daily Telegraph NZ

Government Minister Shane Jones has posted a fiery social-media video accusing former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of deflecting blame for New Zealand’s 2022–23 Covid-era unrest and demanding she testify at the ongoing Royal Commission of Inquiry into the pandemic response. In the two-minute clip, Jones said Ardern is “basically blaming the Russians, Putin, when he’s not busy troubling Ukraine, for being responsible for the COVID protests in Ne…

WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Refusal to settle over ceding sovereignty beneath the Crown

The decision by Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith to refuse signing the East Coast iwi Te Whānau-ā-Apanu settlement because of an agree to disagree clause on ceding sovereignty is petty politics by the Government. So afraid of the anti-Treaty and anti-Māori rhetoric that National, ACT and NZF have used to inflame their reactionary voting base, the Government fear agreeing to the clause will open them to criticism from the very voters t…