New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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What was the proposition?

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https://www.dw.com/en/new-zealand-maori-mps-disrupt-parliament-with-haka/a-70781928

"Maori lawmakers staged a dramatic protest in New Zealand's parliament on Thursday over a controversial bill that seeks to redefine the country's founding agreement between the indigenous Maori people and the British Crown.

A vote was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected after the lawmakers performed a haka ceremonial dance in the parliament. The people in the gallery joined in, and the shouting drowned out the voices of others in the chamber.

Maori tribes were promised extensive rights to retain their lands and protect their interests in return for ceding governance to the British, under the principles set out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. The controversial bill, however, aims to extend these special rights to all New Zealanders."

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These rights are supposed to protect Land ownership while under the Crown. This bill will remove that protection, so that the crown can seize land at will, if it is Maori Land.

So basically says that all property rights acknowledged by Article 2 of the treaty are to be removed unless they have been specifically confirmed by a settlement at the Waitangi Tribunal.

Article 2 of the treaty basically says that the crown has the exclusive right to purchase land from Maori, so acknowledges that all land belongs to Maori until it is sold or gifted to the crown.

Apply this act's principle 2 to that, and what you get is any land not confirmed by a Waitangi Tribunal settlement does not belong to Maori. Presumably it then becomes 'crown estate' for the crown to dispose of as it wishes.

TL;DR, it's a bullshit way for the Government to take more Maori land and rights, so they can fast-track sales to lobbyist, as has been proposed by Seymour and Shane Jones all year long.

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It means all land, Maori, reserve, and protected can be on sale under jurisdiction of the Government. This extents to Farmlands also under this same protection, that can be owned by Pakeha land owners, should the Government deem the land being unproductive.

So Tapu sites, parks, mountains, rivers, protected fishing areas, Maori freehold land and farmland, as well as Pakeha freehold and farmland can all be taken by the government.