> principle 1: the executive government of new zealand has full power to govern, and the parliament of new zealand has full power to make laws, (a) in the best interests of everyone; and (b) in accordance with the rule of law and the maintenance of a free and democratic society. > principle 2: (1) the crown recognises, and will respect and protect, the rights that hap and iwi mori had under the treaty of waitangi/te tiriti o waitangi at the time they signed it. (2) however, if those rights differ from the rights of everyone, subclause (1) applies only if those rights are agreed in the settlement of a historical treaty claim under the treaty of waitangi act 1975 > principle 3: (1) everyone is equal before the law. (2) everyone is entitled, without discrimination, to (a) the equal protection and equal benefit of the law; and (b) the equal enjoyment of the same fundamental human rights. this is the proposed bill. this is what they are protesting against.
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