The first is the impending review of constitutional issues and the MÄori seats as part of the National PartyâMÄori Party âRelationship and Confidence and Supply Agreementâ.
Secondly, the proposed referendum on the future of the mixed member proportional system (MMP) could also have significant implications for MÄori.
Finally, the longer term question of whether New Zealand should become a republic continues to haunt New Zealandâs political imagination, and would also necessitate lengthy debates about the place of New Zealandâs constitutional arrangements in relation to MÄori rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
MÄori and Parliament provides a comprehensive and enlightening context for understanding both the historical and contemporary relationship between MÄori and Parliament and highlights many of the issues which would arise in any discussion of New Zealand constitutional reform.
MÄori and Parliament is a collection of nineteen presentations and papers from twenty-one academics, political commentators and current and former parliamentarians and is the result of the MÄori and Parliament conference held at Parliament in May 2009.
Contributors include Georgina Beyer, Hon. Simon Bridges, Damian Edwards, Te Ururoa Flavell, Dr Janine Hayward, Colin James, Shane Jones, Basil Keane, Hon. Sir Douglas Kidd, Professor Steven Levine, Sir Ngatata Love, Hon. Nanaia Mahuta, Sir Tipene OâRegan, Professor Nigel Roberts, Prof. Ann Sullivan, Metiria Turei, Hon. Tariana Turia, Dr Charlotte Williams, Dr John Wilson, Prof. Whatarangi Winiata and Dr Maria Bargh.
 Dr Maria Bargh (Te Arawa and Ngati Awa) has a PhD in Political Science and International Relations and is a lecturer in MÄori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. Her previous publications include Resistance: An Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism.