Broadcast times: Radio NZ National, 4pm Sunday 28 April, repeated 9pm Tuesday 30 April

During April and May, the NZ Centre for Public Law (with generous support and funding from the NZ Law Foundation) will host a series of debates on issues raised by the Government’s review of the New Zealand constitution. The debates will be broadcast on Radio NZ National. Join us on VUW Kelburn campus to be part of our live public audience.

"Māori aspirations for constitutional change"

Moderator: Steven Price, barrister

Speakers: Tai Ahu, Dr Rawinia Higgins, Veronica Tawhai, Valmaine Toki

Four newer voices from the Māori community discuss the nature of Māori aspirations for constitutional change, broadly conceived. The discussion will move well beyond the status of the Treaty of Waitangi, and include consideration of alternative models of Māori-Crown relationships, the development of a kaupapa Māori or tikanga-based constitution, and Māori constitutional aspirations in the context of indigenous peoples’ rights at the international level.