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• Articles and comment
  
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• 2005 Review of NZ's existing constitutional arrangements

• Time for Change
  
• Constitutional transformation / Constitutional review - Matike Mai Aotearoa: the Independent Iwi Working Group on Constitutional Transformation, Time for Change: a framework for Pakeha / Tauiwi community discussion on constitutional change, the government Constitutional Advisory Panel, government releases and documents, and Maori Party releases and documents
  
• Constitutional Advisory Panel submissions

• Incorporating tikanga Maori into the constitutional arrangements, Claire Charters, 26 August 2019
• He Whakaaro Here Whakaumu Mo Aotearoa: The Report of Matike Mai Aotearoa - The Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation, January 2016
• Time for Change Project Resources
• Moana Jackson: Finding a Place for the Treaty, Treaty Debates 2013, 24 January 2013 - Audio file: Moana Jackson begins speaking at 24:20
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi in a Future Constitution: Removing the Shackles of Colonisation 2013 Robson Lecture, Professor Margaret Mutu, 22 April 2013
• Simple guide to the current constitutional arrangements and why they don't work in practice, Rowan Partnership, 2012
• 'Hone’s Parliament’ Idea Could Be Part Of Constitutional Review' - Turia, Voxy Newswire, 15 June, 2011
• Harawira urges creation of Maori 'parliament', NZ Herald, 15 June 2011
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights commends human rights constitutional reform in Mexico, UNOG, 9 June 2011
• Quakers commit to constitutional change, Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa New Zealand, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) / Te Hahi Tuhauwiri, 22 May 2011
• Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth, The Guardian, 10 April 2011
• Iwi to hold own constitutional review, Professor Margaret Mutu and Moana Jackson, 15 December 2010
• Brief of Evidence: Te Paparahi O Te Raki Inquiry, Moana Jackson, 13 September 2010
• Constitutional transformation: an interview with Moana Jackson, in Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change, Malcolm Mulholland and Veronica Tawhai, Huia Publishers, March 2010
• 'We did not cede our sovereignty', Joan Cook Memorial Waitangi Day Essay: Reflections on the state of the Pakeha nation, Moea Armstrong, February 2010
• "Kia mau ki te aka matua; kei mau ki te aka taepa / Cling to the main vine, not to the loose one - A principled approach to the constitutional future of the Treaty of Waitangi", Carwyn Jones, 29 July 2009 [video]
• Tangata Whenua Rights and the Constitution, Statement from Friends' Yearly Meeting (Aotearoa New Zealand), 11-13 July 2008

• Changing the game plan: the Foreshore and Seabed Act and constitutional change, Dr Maria Bargh, May 2006

• An Imbalance of Powers: Maori Land Claims and an Unchecked Parliament, Claire Charters, 27 March 2006

• Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 23 November 2005
• International Developments Concerning Indigenous Peoples and their Relation to National Laws, Policies and Action: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Claire Charters, October 2005 - Paper for the United Nations Expert Seminar on Implementation of National Legislation and Jurisprudence Concerning Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Experiences from the Americas, 12-14 October 2005

• Information on NZ Day Bill submissions, deadline 29 July 2005

• Moana Jackson: 'A Constitution for Aotearoa-New Zealand based on the Treaty of Waitangi' - Wellington on 29 June, Christchurch on 12 July, and Auckland on 21 July 2005
• Hikoi: one year on - a public forum in Wellington, 12 May 2005
• Te Taumata Kaumatua o Ngapuhi Statement, 18 April 2005
• A tempest in a teacup, Jim Stuart, 15 April 2005
• Our most important goal could be ditching monolithic view of power, Nandor Tanczos, 1 April 2005
• Submissions due on NZ's existing constitutional arrangements, Peace Movement Aotearoa, April 2005
• The Treaty and New Zealand’s Constitution: reversing the shadows, Tariana Turia, 3 February 2005
• An opinion on Waitangi, Hone Harawira, 2 February 2005
• The Reconciliation of Kawanatanga and Tino Rangatiratanga, Professor Whatarangi Winiata, 30 January 2005
• Myths, National Origins, Common Law and the Waitangi Tribunal, Dr David Williams, December 2004
• Court marshal, Gordon Campbell, 20 November 2004
• A great Judiciary ... if it does what it is supposed to do, Tapu Misa, 8 September 2004
• The Treaty is an enduring compact of mutual obligations between Crown and Iwi, Rev Gary Clover, March 2004
• New Wave/Old Wave: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Colonial Continuum, Aziz Choudry, 12 April 2003
• Honouring the Treaty of Waitangi ­ Are the Parties Measuring Up? David Williams, September 2002
• Tino rangatiratanga, Joint Methodist Presbyterian Public Questions Committee, July 1993 - includes sections on The Meaning of Tino Rangatiratanga, Rangatiratanga and Kawanatanga, the Labour Government 1984-1990, the National Government 1990-1993, Maori Devolution, the Courts, the Waitangi Tribunal, the Principles of the Treaty, and the Need for Constitutional Reform

• Information and comment on the review of NZ's existing constitutional arrangements, Peace Movement Aotearoa, April 2005
• Some submissions to the Constitutional Arrangements Committee (CAC)

      From groups:

  • Te Runanga O Te Rarawa
  • Treaty Relationships Group, NZ Society of Friends (Quakers)
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

      From individuals:

  • David MacClement
  • Dr David Williams
  • Peter Goldsbury

• Report of the Constitutional Arrangements Committee, August 2005

• Many of the papers and statements on the foreshore and seabed information page have references to constitutional issues, see for example:

  • "There are obligations there" A consideration of Maori responsibilities and obligations in regard to the seabed and foreshore, Moana Jackson
  • A Foreshore Primer: Question and Answer Fact Sheet, Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission
  • Some Core Values for Resolving the Foreshore and Seabed Issue, Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission
  • 'Let's take a breath, and find out a bit more about Maori customary rights before we jump up and down', Dr David Williams
  • Wi Parata is dead, long live Wi Parata, Dr David Williams
  • No raupatu in our time, Peace Movement Aotearoa.

• Submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill 2004 and the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill also refer to constitutional issues.