New Zealand Centre for Public Law—New Zealand Lives in Public Law with Sir Geoffrey Palmer

In this episode, the NZCPL Director Professor Joel Colón-Ríos talked to Sir Geoffrey Palmer about the past, present, and future of the New Zealand constitution, and about some of the current challenges faced by constitutional democracy in Aotearoa and abroad. 00:00 Introduction 01:05 What is a Constitution 02:49 On the New Zealand Constitution 05:08 On the Constitution Act 1986 10:28 On the System of Government 12:21 On Parliament’s Law-Making Power 15:19 On Change and the NZ Constitutional Tradition 19:01 On the Treaty of Waitangi 21:19 On Constitutional Change, Covid-19 and Democratic Backsliding 35:03 On the Content of a Future NZ Constitution 47:45 On Parliamentary Sovereignty and Constitution-Making 51:59 On the Future of Constitutional Change in New Zealand