About this research
Intern: Kahukura Jones, University of Otago
Supervisors: Associate Professor Clive Aspin & Dr Heather Came, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington
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This project involved listening to organisational submissions against the defeated Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill 2024 and analysing how submitters from different categories articulated what honourable kāwanatanga may look like, as opposed to focusing on what the Crown has done wrong.
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