Act Party Treaty Principles Bill 2025 Text. What does it seek to do? The purpose of the bill is to set out the principles of the treaty of waitangi in legislation, and require, where relevant, those principles to be used when interpreting.
This bill is essentially trying to reinterpret parliament’s interpretation of the treaty principles, which had previously been agreed upon by 500 māori chiefs and the crown. So, what is the treaty principles bill?