The national hīkoi converges at Parliament Grounds Photo: Reece Baker
After 300,000 submissions, tens of thousands of feet on the road in one of the biggest hīkoi this country has ever seen - and tens of thousands of tax-payer dollars spent on the debate, the Parliament's Justice Committee has recommended that ACT's Treaty Principles Bill not proceed.
ACT campaigned on holding a public vote to scrap the principles that have been established through the courts - such as partnership - and codifying in law a new interpretation focused on what it says is "all New Zealanders being "equal under the law".
The Justice Committee revealed that 90 percent of submissions were opposed, eight percent supported the bill and two percent were unsure.
Massey Professor of Politics Richard Shaw speaks to Mihi.
