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Chris Hipkins on co-governance: 'No-one understands what it means'

Chris Hipkins on co-governance: 'No-one understands what it means'

New Zealand looks set to have another Prime Minister that does not have a basic grasp of the three articles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Jan 22, 2023
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It is simply astonishing that New Zealand’s next Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, is unable to give even a brief explanation of the three articles of the Treaty of Waitangi. It is all the more astonishing when one considers that Hipkins, a career politician, has been a senior Minister of the Ardern government since 2017. …

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