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Re:Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for ric... by inter_netuser on Friday December 24, 2021 @11:02PM (#29680277)
why would they include something like that?

whats the point of such bill of rights, if it has no supremacy?

Re:Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for ric... by strontium_90 on Friday December 24, 2021 @11:46PM (#29680504)
New Zealand’s unicameral parliament, has supremacy over all other parts of government [1] and cannot be overruled or contradicted by any prior parliament’s legislation … the bill of right’s drafting reflects this. As a consequence of New Zealand’s somewhat atypical political history (as a former British colony without a federation treaty or other founding constitutional document), it’s not really possible to entrench any legislation so it can’t be overruled by a normal majority of a subsequent parliament.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty

Re:Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for ric... by TMWNN on Saturday December 25, 2021 @04:42AM (#29681843)
As AmericanChopper said, it's mostly irrelevant in the legal sense.

The most important part of stromtium_90's reply is the principle of Parliamentary Sovereignty, the idea that no legislature can do something that a future legislature cannot undo. Every legislature, including the US Congress, follows this principle ... with the exception of the constitution/founding treaty/etc., which is the only thing that is superior to that legislature's power. New Zealand does not have such a document. Neither does the UK. So, theoretically, both countries' parliaments can do anything as long as the action complies with any treaties signed with other nations ... and, of course, the parliaments can always use whatever exit option the treaties provide, if necessary.