DECLARATION OF EQUALITY
The Declaration of Equality is our commitment to one rule for all. It is a response to the Maori Party initiated Review of New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements. Let’s use the opportunity presented by the Review to reject the racial division of Treaty of Waitangi politics.
If you too believe in one law for all, with no special treatment based on race, then please join the tens of thousands of citizens who have already signed this Declaration of Equality – and urge others to sign too. We need a strong and united voice.
WE DECLARE THAT WE NEW ZEALANDERS of all backgrounds, having founded and developed our society in equality, fairness, and comradeship, oppose any laws which establish or promote racial distinction or division.
1 We reject references to the Treaty of Waitangi or its principles in any constitutional document.
2 We ask that such references be removed from all existing legislation.
3 We ask that race-based Parliamentary seats be abolished.
4 We ask that race-based representation on local bodies be abolished.
5 We ask that the Waitangi Tribunal be abolished.
THEREFORE in the interests of New Zealand we call on the members of the House of Representatives to implement the principles of this Declaration of Equality to ensure that there is one law for all.