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Treaty Principles debate is "not about race", Seymour says

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九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 14 Jan 2025, 9:23am
Photo / Mark Mitchell
Photo / Mark Mitchell

Treaty Principles debate is "not about race", Seymour says

Author
九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 14 Jan 2025, 9:23am

David Seymour鈥檚 controversial Treaty Principles Bill has faced a fair bit of opposition since its introduction. 

The ACT Leader says it comes from two main camps, and in his opinion, it reinforces the need for a debate around the Treaty of Waitangi and its application. 

He told Tim Beveridge that the debate has shifted to the point where it鈥檚 not about race or the Treaty, but rather about whether New Zealand is a society that gives respect and dignity to each person, or whether it鈥檚 some 鈥渂ackwards-looking tribal place鈥� where people have to say their race before their ideas are heard.  

Seymour believes the presentation of the bill by the media is 鈥減retty hopeless鈥�. 

He says there was one interview on TV1 where they gave more time to the protestors that interrupted his interview, than they did him. 

鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty difficult not to despair with the standards of media coverage.鈥� 

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