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All parties on Treaty & Māori Affairs
Treaty & Māori Affairs · Party position

ACT on Treaty & Māori Affairs

One law for all; equal rights regardless of ancestry or race

ACT says everyone should have the same rights no matter their background or ancestry. They want one law that applies equally to all New Zealanders. They say they have already made changes to put need before race in government decisions and to stop unelected representatives getting votes on councils. They want to write equal rights into the Constitution Act.

What they say they'll do

  • Put need before race when allocating government resources
  • Reinforced merit as the basis for public service hiring and decisions
  • Removed votes for unelected representatives on public bodies
  • Enshrine equal rights in a Constitution Act
  • Restore local referendums

Who this affects

Māori New Zealanders
ACT's approach would remove race-based distinctions in law, funding, and public bodies, meaning Māori would no longer have separate representation or race-specific entitlements under this policy direction.
General public / voters
ACT says all people exercising public power should answer to voters, and that one vote per person should apply equally to all New Zealanders.

In their own words

“ACT stands for one person, one vote and one law for all.”
“In Government, ACT has put need before race, restored local referendums, reinforced merit in the public service and put property rights and better lawmaking standards into law.”
“Your rights should not depend on your ancestry, your politics, or which group a public body puts you in.”
Verify at ACT — official policy page

Summarised neutrally from ACT’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-07) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Treaty & Māori Affairs →

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Green
ACT
NZ First
Te Pāti Māori
TOP
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Conservative
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