#BHN Dr Alistair Reese on open letter | Seymour on Treaty Bill | Reti cans free Drs visits for Māori

Dr Alistair Reese, who led the dawn service at Waitangi and is a signatory of the churches open letter to the Government on the Treaty Principles Bill, joins us tonight to talk about why the importance to sign the letter and what it means for NZ to have so many Christian representatives speaking out against what David Seymour is attempting to do with the bill. ACT leader David Seymour continues to hope the National Party will support the controversial Treaty Principles Bill beyond first reading and when challenged b y John Campbell to explain how non-Maori are disadvantaged today, we left wanting Health officials recently announced changes to free GP visits for young people in Hawke’s Bay, which would see Māori and Pacific rangatahi eligible, among other groups, however Health Minister Dr Shane Reti intervened this week, telling health officials on Monday that the criteria were “not consistent with government policy” and then had Māori and Pacific ethnic groups have been removed from the list. ================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ