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What is meant by the statement, made in New Zealand's explanation of vote to the United Nations General Assembly on 31 August 2026, that New Zealand's existing legal and constitutional framework, including the Treaty of Waitangi, defines the bounds of New Zealand's engagement with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

Answered Question 39237 (2026)
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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What is meant by the statement, made in New Zealand's explanation of vote to the United Nations General Assembly on 31 August 2026, that New Zealand's existing legal and constitutional framework, including the Treaty of Waitangi, defines the bounds of New Zealand's engagement with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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The statement is self-explanatory.