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    Jul 03, 2019 3 minutes
    REVIEW - ALEC REDVERS-HILL

    Waitangi: A Living Treaty

    Matthew Wright

    Bateman Books, $40

    Does it give Maori preferential treatment or is it the tool by which Maori were subjugated? Is it an extension, a replacement, or a partner of He Whakaputanga (the Declaration of Independence signed by northern chiefs in 1835)? Is it a historical artefact or a continuing imperative? Is it law? Should we follow the literal text or its so-called ‘principles’? Should we follow it at all? If we do, which version?

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