#BHN Maori Doctors warn about treaty principles bill | TWG's fiery debate about treaty principles

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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians' (RACP) Māori Health Committee chair Dr Matt Wheeler said the principles outlined in the bill diminished "the constitutional status of the Treaty / Te Tiriti". Wheeler and other professionals are calling on the government to scrap the Treaty Principles Bill, saying equitable healthcare is "a fundamental right". Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash. "Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the idea's 500-year history and a forgotten modern experiment where it actually worked -- and imagine how much energy and talent we would unleash if we got rid of poverty once and for all. Full Ted Talk here https://www.ted.com/talks/rutger_bregman_poverty_isn_t_a_lack_of_character_it_s_a_lack_of_cash/transcript Shane Te Pou, Damien Grant and Bomber thrash it out on the treaty referendum bill, did Māori cede sovereignty and more in a heated debate on TWG last night