Justice Select Committee calls for Treaty Principles Bill to be Discarded w/ The University of Auckland's Eru Kapa-Kingi and Margaret Mutu: 7 April, 2025

Recently, the Justice Select Committee has called for the Treaty Principles Bill to be thrown away.

This comes as an analysis by Newsroom shows that 90% of public submissions were against the bill.

The committee accepted close to 300,000 public submissions, with 90% opposing the bill, roughly 270,000, 8% in support, and 2% indifferent.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to the spokesperson for Toitu te Tiriti and Professional Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, Eru Kapa-Kingi, about these recent developments and how he believes the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti has come into play regarding the public submission protest.

They also spoke to Māori Studies Professor at the University of Auckland and Chair of Te Rūnanga-ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu, Margaret Mutu, also about these recent developments, and how Te Tiriti o Waitangi is viewed in the country overall.