by Murray Short Paper presented by the Treaty Relationships Group to the Yearly Meeting of the Aotearoa/ New Zealand Society of Friends on 20 May 2011  Introduction Constitutional review is on the political agenda in Aotearoa *1 thanks to the agreement on confidence and supply between the MÄori Party *2 and the National *3 led Government. It…
The Constitutional System in New Zealand l We follow the British tradition, very unusual among nations, of not having a written constitution. In fact our constitution is based heavily on the British one, so it is a mix of ancient documents (Magna Carta, the 1688 Bill of Rights, etc) and “constitutional conventions†(the way things…
Epistle from Yearly Meeting May 2011 Greetings to Friends everywhere The Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa/New Zealand was held May 20-23 2011 at the Quaker Settlement in Whanganui and included visiting Friends from Australia, South Korea and Britain. The opening welcome, partly in Te Reo Maori, confirmed for us that the Quaker Settlement is the “turangawaewae