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Big opposition to race-based representation
Friday, 13 December 2013, 8:56 am | Independent Constitutional Review Panel
Submissions detailed in a report titled A House Divided, released today by the Independent Constitutional Review Panel, show overwhelming opposition to race-based political representation and the inclusion of the Treaty of Waitangi in our constitutional ... More >>
Constitution report death by a thousand cuts
Friday, 6 December 2013, 4:40 pm | Independent Constitutional Review Panel
The report of the government’s Constitutional Advisory Panel, released yesterday, merely replaces instant execution with death by a thousand cuts, according to David Round, the chair of the private Independent Constitutional Review Panel. More >>
O’Regan’s Nazi sympathiser remark sparks complaint
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 10:24 am | Independent Constitutional Review Panel
Dismay at Sir Tipene O’Regan’s “Nazi sympathiser” remark last week prompted the Independent Constitutional Review Panel to write an open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Bill English (copy attached) More >>
David Round: Coddington Pushes Separatism
Monday, 10 December 2012, 9:46 am | Independent Constitutional Review Panel
Press Statement From The Independent Constitutional Review Panel - immediate release David Round: Coddington Pushes Separatism Deborah Coddington’s claim that everyone "accepts the Treaty of Waitangi as our founding document" gives the lie ... More >>
Referendum needed to legitimise constitutional change
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 1:27 pm | Independent Constitutional Review Panel
For a country to change its constitution without asking its own citizens would be a disgrace, constitutional law expert James Allan has warned. Writing on the week that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's constitutional decrees sparked violent protest, ... More >>
Govt’s Constitutional Panel Pushes Maori Privilege
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 11:26 am | Independent Constitutional Review Panel
Press Statement From The Independent Constitutional Review Panel - Immediate Release Govt’s Constitutional Panel Pushes Maori Privilege A government-appointed group set up to advise on constitutional change is little more than a spokesman for further ... More >>
The Waitangi Tribunal should be abolished
Saturday, 20 October 2012, 7:54 pm | Independent Constitutional Review Panel
Press Statement from the Independent Constitutional Review Panel - on the Waitangi Tribunal’s Kohanga Reo Report More >>