Challenging government reversals: Smokefree legislation, Te Tiriti rights and urgency

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Challenging government reversals: Smokefree legislation, Te Tiriti rights and urgency

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

Reconstruction of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Marcus King
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As I write this at the end of January 2024, a claim has just been lodged with the Waitangi Tribunal for an urgent hearing into the Government’s decisi
References

1 Available online at https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Guid…  

2 Edwards, R., et. al. Public health vandalism: new Government scraps world-leading smokefree legislation, NZMJ 2023 Dec 15; 136(1587) available online at http://nzmj.org.nz

3 See NZ First 2023 Policies online at:https://www.nzfirst.nz/2023_policies

4 Edwards, R., et. al. “Public health vandalism: new Government scraps world-leading smokefree legislation, NZMJ 2023 Dec 15; 136(1587) available online at http://nzmj.org.nz

5 The NZ First/National Party Coalition Agreement is available online at https://assets.nationbuilder.com/nzfirst/pages/4462/attachments/original/1700784896/National___NZF_Coalition_Agreement_signed_-_24_Nov_2023.pdf?1700784896