A Rimutaka prisoner is on day 30 of a hunger strike as he tries to get a New Zealand constitution in order to restore the mana of the Treaty of Waitangi. New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Israel are the only three countries without a formal written constitution, a document overarching day-to-day legislation. TE AO Francis Shaw is on a hunger strike in Rimutaka Prison (File photo). KEVIN STENT/Stuff Helmut Modlik, chief executive of Ngāti Toa Rangatira, supported calls for a written constitution. During a previous prison term in 2020 he did another hunger strike over Māori sovereignty.

Source: Stuff May 05, 2021 04:41 UTC