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Treaty making—a recognition of existence

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Māori warriors with tattoos, celebrating Waitangi Day, the anniversary of the treaty of Waitangi between the British government and the Māori.

With the failure of the constitutional Voice to parliament referendum last year should we be looking to a Treaty as the way forward. Both New Zealand and Canada have treaties and a complex history of implementing them. What, if anything, can we learn from their story?

Guests

John Borrows the Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto Law School.

Sakej Henderson retired professor of law and advisor to the Grand Council of the Mi'kmaq.

Michael Belgrave, professor of History at Massey University’s Auckland campus. He was research manager of the Waitangi Tribunal and has continued to work on Treaty of Waitangi research and settlements. More recently he's been involved in negotiating the historical aspects of treaty settlements with iwi.

Carwyn Jones, from the Maori tribe/iwi, Ngati Kahung. He is Pukenga Matua (lead academic) in the Ahunga Tikanga programme (Maori Laws and Philosophy program) at Te Wananga o Raukawa, a Maori tertiary institution in Otaki and Honorary Adjunct professor in the School of Maori studies at Te Herenga Waka, the Victoria University of Wellington.

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