ACT wants to push ahead with its Treaty referendum – but reporter Joel Maxwell discovers there could be extraordinary pushback from everyday Māori. Māori are warning of sweeping protests, division and the potential for violence if ACT’s proposed Treaty referendum gets across the line in coalition negotiations for the new government. “[and] Not just the Māori, the Pākehā are great here too.”If the referendum went ahead there would be “a huge protest down at Parliament”. The referendum at a glanceACT Party leader David Seymour says:The referendum “most certainly” remains in coalition negotiations. The country needs a discussion about Treaty principles; and people should have a say on them alongside courts, the Waitangi Tribunal and public servants.

Source: Stuff October 24, 2023 22:05 UTC