Maori party MP Te Ururoa Flavell. Photo / Wayne Drought
A private member's bill allowing people to swear an oath to the Treaty of Waitangi in any statutory oath, including MPs being sworn into Parliament, will be debated by Parliament.
Four new private member's bill were drawn from a ballot at Parliament today because progress has been made by other
members' bills already before Parliament.
A bill in the name of Maori party MP Te Ururoa Flavell was drawn. The oaths and Declarations (Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill allows any person taking a statutory oath to also say they will uphold the Treaty of Waitangi.
Mana party leader Hone Harawira was forced by Speaker Lockwood Smith to delay his swearing in last year because he inserted a reference to the treaty in his oath.
Another bill requiring the Law Commission to write a report on matters covering care of children, including adoption by gay couples was also drawn from the ballot.
