20 years on from the Foreshore and Seabed confiscation: Treaty itself at risk of being taken.

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Twenty years ago, a protest against the Foreshore and Seabed Bill took place outside Helen Clark’s electorate office, with an axe attached to the window. The bill passed into law, leading to a sedition conviction for one protester. Currently, the Act Party’s Treaty of Waitangi Bill is causing controversy, with potential plans for a Citizens’ Initiated Referendum to challenge Maori rights.

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