Jack Vowles

Oct 28, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jack Vowles |Matthew Gibbons |Mona Krewel |Sam Crawley |Thomas Jamieson

The National-led coalition has a challenging mandate to govern, given voter expectations and surprisingly high levels of satisfaction with the outgoing Labour Party.

Jan 30, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Jack Vowles

By Jack Vowles, Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington If Māori did not explicitly cede sovereignty in 1840, neither did they fully retain it. If sovereignty is already being shared, where does Te Tiriti o Waitangi sit within our unwritten constitution? Read complete article© The Conversation -

Jan 30, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jack Vowles

The coalition government’s approach to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) will inevitably set the scene for Waitangi Day next week, with the ACT Party’s Treaty Principles Bill already generating protest and ill will. But ACT’s initiative, even if ill-conceived, could still open up a widened debate that is long overdue. The current Treaty “principles” were devised by the Waitangi Tribunal and the courts, and are based on interpretations of both English and Māori texts.