RNZ
Māori health leaders are calling on the government to scrap the Treaty Principles Bill, saying equitable healthcare is “a fundamental right”.
The controversial bill is set to go through a six-month select committee process to get to a second reading Parliament. Both National and New Zealand First have said they will not be voting for it.
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ (RACP) Māori Health Committee chair Dr Matt Wheeler said the principles outlined in the bill diminished “the constitutional status of the Treaty / Te Tiriti”.