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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Mike's Minute: The Waitangi Tribunal is Running Roughshod
Description: Explain this to me. Which clause of the Treaty is the Waitangi Tribunal using when they suggest the Government recognise second generation Maori for citizenship? John Ruddock brought the case, while a similar one got headlines recently because it involved Keisha Castle-Hughes, the actress. In her case she was born in Australia to a New Zealand mum. Her children were born in America, hence they don’t get automatic citizenship. Ruddock was born in Australia and got citizenship by descent. But his children were born offshore as well and descent only op...