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National and Maori Parties in stand-off over asset sales
Posted by karere under Maori News
National and the Maori Party remain in a stand-off over the transferral of treaty obligations to state-owned companies tagged for partial sale.
The Government has released a consultation document containing three options, none of which include requiring private shareholders to act in accordance with the Treaty.
The document says treaty protections would apply only to the Crown as the majority shareholder in the new law.
The Maori Party says the exclusion…