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This is the big point, right? The tribunal has essentially *only* soft power. What NZF and ACT object to is not being overruled, but *criticised*. And their complaints should be assessed with the actual extent of the Tribunal's power in mind.

submitted 1 hour ago • 2 comments

Re the review of the Waitangi Tribunal, here’s the empowering legislation as per 1975 setting out the Tribunal’s original purpose and jurisdiction.

submitted 2 hours ago • 0 comments

Re the review of the Waitangi Tribunal, here’s the empowering legislation as per 1975 setting out the Tribunal’s original purpose and jurisdiction.

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

Add this to the "there's nothing wrong with this in the abstract, but we can't count on the good faith of those receiving the recommendations" file for this government. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

So, we knew it was bad — undemocratic expedited process, dodgy retrospectivity and objectionable nullification of claims. But this shows it was doubly worse — a calculated and deliberate ambush to deprive claimants and a policy fait accompli.

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

As a matter of practical politics/legal realism, this is true. However, it comes with a “but” attached to it - we get to respond to and judge how governments choose to exercise this power. And so now the government has made its choice … what is ours?

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

In 2022, the @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social and the CIAJ held a conference to mark the retirement of Justice Rosalie Abella from the Supreme Court of Canada. I am delighted that an open-access collection flowing from the conference has now been published! utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781552216712

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Can I summarise the Reg Standards Bill situation: - The govt is breaching the first proposed principle as we speak. - 0.33% of submissions support it. - Officials only read the substance of 4% of subs - Official advice in the cab paper & RIS from multiple agencies is that the Bill is a bad idea.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

And on the 6th day, there was power once again… ⚡️

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Good reason to depart from published policy: anxious scrutiny as a form of rationality review administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/g...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Golly gosh. Several important bills are today being passed through all stages under urgency and without select committee scrutiny/public submissions -- and bills with constitutionally objectional features, such as retrospective effect and nullification of existing court proceedings etc. #wildwest

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

This is what the discussion paper re the Regulatory Standards Bill says about the rule of law and retrospective legislation. 🤔

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

#trainspotting #butnotweets 🤓

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

#scribbles

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

#cmonetc

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