CONSTITUTION FOR N.Z.
BILL NOW BEING CONSIDERED (New Zealand Press Association) NAPIER, May 22. “The introduction of a bill to establish a written constitution for New Zealand is under consideration in accordance with the Government’s election policy,” said the Minitser of Justice (Mr T. C. Webb).
Mr Webb said the constitution would be drafted on different lines from those of Australia, the United States, and Canada. Unlike those countries, where it was necessary to define the relative spheres of each commonwealth or federation, New Zealand was a unitary constitution. In any case, it would be possible to frame a constitution that could not be altered by a succeeding .administration. “And it would be wrong if it were otherwise.” Mr Webb added. “It is possible, however, to devise some delaying process that would prevent any hasty, ill-considered changes.”
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26119, 23 May 1950, Page 3
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