Kia hiwa ra folks,

Hot off the Maori librarians list: bill before Parliament to remove references to Te Tiriti from all NZ legislation.

Here is a link to the explanatory note of the bill:
http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpprint/docs/bills/20060661.txt

When this Bill (2006 66-1) is sent to a Select Committee you and your whanau will be able to make a submission. This is a link to the Select Committee web pages: http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/Programme/Committees/.

You will need to keep an eye on the following pages: 'bills before committees' (tells you what bills are up for discussion) and the 'meetings schedule' (gives you the date submissions need to be made by) and the 'submissions called for' (same as above).

How do I make a submission?

See this information sheet for info on what is a select committee, how to write a submission, layout of a submission:

http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/53DE9B28-CADA-409F-A9FA-47A7E2CE9B30/0/MakeSubE.pdf

Use your democratic rights or lose them!