AND NOW FOR SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL

 Let's talk about Maori rights vs the rights of non-Maori New Zealanders.

Are you aware that The Waitangi Tribunal has recommended that Maori seeking citizenship for children should be granted it regardless of where that child is born?

The Citizenship Act 1977 provides for four types of citizenship - citizenship by birth, descent, grant, and special grant - but it limits citizenship by descent to one generation.

The Tribunal recommended that citizenship by descent be extended to two generations for Māori!

The Tribunal found that the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in a number of ways, including by:

Designing an application process in which a Government official is empowered to determine the legitimacy of someone's whakapapa, which breached the principles of active protection and rangatiratanga.
Prioritising location of birth over whakapapa during the citizenship application process, which breached the principle of good government.

TRIBUNAL RELEASES REPORT ON CITIZENSHIP

WTF?

So the average Joe New Zealander, who isn't Maori, who for whatever reason decides to live overseas for a while and have children will find that those children will have to go through the normal process of citizenship application but, if the child has Maori parents all that will be waived?

Give me a break.