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

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

14 February 2024

Gabrielle Baker

Wednesday 14 February 2024, 12:45 AM

Reconstruction of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Marcus King

Urgent applications have been filed to the Waitangi Tribunal over policies in the Coalition Government’s 100-day plan

A third urgent claim has been lodged with the Waitangi Tribunal over government policies critics say disproportionately affect Māori. Gabrielle Baker hopes ministers see it as an opportunity to learn, rather than get into a protracted legal battle

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

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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

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