Free market "Rogernomics" and Maori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi – an resolvable contradiction?

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Considers that the only concerted resistance to economic changes effected by the Labour Government has come from Maori and been sourced in the Treaty of Waitangi. Discusses labour policy and the Treaty of Waitangi, the Waitangi Tribunal, corporatisation, fisheries, redefining Treaty obligation, dismantling state capitalism and the welfare state, the function of law and lawyers, the role of the academic activist and strategies for the future.

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pdfFree-Market-Rogernomics-and-Maori-Rights-under-the-Treaty-Of-Waitangi.pdf

Primary author: Kelsey, Jane

Author biography: Pākehā

Publisher: Jane Kelsey

Publication format: Briefing paper, Speech

Publication date: 1988

Publication place: Melbourne

Publication availability: Yes

Publication location: Treaty Resource Centre

Catalog reference: 320 KEL – Filing Cabinet and T-03 Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Misc. notes: Plenary paper presented to the Australian Law and Society Conferences, Melbourne, Australia 2-4 December 1988 Includes Readings

Content type: Report, Responses

Sector: Education – tertiary

Informal group: Māori

General related topics: Equity/justice/fairness, Tino rangatiratanga

Historical period: 20th