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Believe what you see. The end goal for the coalition government is the elimination of the Waitangi Tribunal to clear the way for big business to control all the "treasures".

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This elevates distrust in this right wing coalition

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This is indeed a Right Wing plot to undermine key institutions. Just as Trump packed US courts with like-minded judges, The Gang of Three government is doing the same for key institutions here. The Regulatory Standards Bill is another spoke to this wheel - enshrining in law neo-liberal principles that will bind future legislation

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Good move, the Waitangi Tribunal has over stepped its remit and has become too left wing and radical.

The Waitangi Tribunal needs a reset with defined goals to finalise settlements and then should be disbanded, it does not speak for all New Zealanders

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Neither does the present government for that matter. Different strokes??

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Using 'esteemed Academic' in the first article today. I'm baffled, surely esteemed is a value judgement, therefore reporting has become giving an opinion.

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Are you saying no one can ever be “esteemed”?

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