We’ve learnt a number of things about Act leader David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill in the aftermath of a robust but pleasantly riot-free Waitangi Day.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon revealed that it was a bottom line for Act in coalition negotiations: National could not have formed a government without making some concession to it.
We’ve also learnt National will not be voting for the bill beyond the first reading, which we kind of knew anyway but Luxon has made this definitive.
We’ve seen that Seymour is not afraid to undermine the Prime Minister, telling media that he didn’t believe Luxon wouldn’t change