Huia Book on Constitutional Change provokes debate
The latest book by Malcolm Mulholland, 'Weeping Waters - The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change', to be launched at Waitangi Day 2010 is already provoking debate with a feature article in the Sunday Star-Times (31 January 2010).
The book features essays from eighteen well-known and respected Maori figures including Professor Margaret Mutu, Bishop Muru Walters, Judge Caren Fox and lawyer Moana Jackson.
The wide-ranging essay topics include:
- the development of Māori movements;
- Constitution-making in the Pacific;
- the Treaty of Waitangi and Parliament's multi-cameral system;
- principles developed by the Waitangi Tribunal;
- the views of individual iwi and hapū toward pan-tribal organisations;
- the role of urban Māori authorities;
- the Anglican Church model;
- Māori representation within the House of Representatives; and
- the role of local government.
The chapter by Malcolm suggests that finding a new name for New Zealand along with a new flag and national anthem are all worth debating if the New Zealand constitution is to recognise the Treaty of Waitangi.
The book will be officially launched on Saturday 6 February 2010 and will be available in bookstores and here on the Huia website from March 2010.
The full Sunday Star-Times article is available here.