Neil Sands The Waitangi Tribunal has called for changes to the way overseas-born Māori are treated under the Citizenship Act, citing evidence from Whale Rider actress Keisha Castle-Hughes that the existing process is “deeply, systemically racist”. A tribunal report says that obtaining citizenship by descent was limited to one generation, meaning the children of citizens who were themselves born overseas do not have an automatic right to become New Zealanders. It says the legislation, whi...
