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| Montreal Gazette: Quebec Immigration Minister Christine Fréchette said the province is working to "collaborate with the federal government to obtain gains."
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Constitution talks in Port of Spain call for referendum - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Constitution talks in Port of Spain call for referendum - Trinidad and ...
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Natalie Brown: Challenging LDS Church orthodoxy, even at BYU, can help students build their faith
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Natalie Brown: Challenging LDS Church orthodoxy, even at BYU ...
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Colorado activists say abortion ballot measure has secured needed signatures: A Colorado reproductive rights campaign announced Friday it has surpassed the ...
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Colorado activists say abortion ballot measure has secured needed ...
Quick Glance: Arizona GOP outlines alternative abortion strategy
  • Republican state legislators in Arizona are considering alternative ballot measures in response to a court ruling upholding a strict abortion ban.

  • The GOP's strategy document plans to provide voters with alternatives to the Arizona for Abortion Access ballot measure.

  • Republicans aim to constitutionalize existing laws to discuss abortion policy.

  • The document outlines various scenarios, including 'Phase 1' and 'Phase 2' options for lawmakers.
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Trump trial not a referendum on his presidency, prosecutor tells prospective jurors
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Trump trial not a referendum on his presidency, prosecutor tells ...
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UK's smoking ban passes first Parliamentary hurdle, Sunak faces Tory rebellion over ban
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Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
  • The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.

  • The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.

  • The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.

  • The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
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Germany accused: Nicaragua is more than a plaintiff on behalf of the Palestinians
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Germany accused: Nicaragua is more than a plaintiff on behalf of the ...
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Netherlands, Germany, Canada to send drones to Ukraine: Canada will send 450 SkyRanger multi-mission drones, while the Netherlands, in collaboration with Denmark ...
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Netherlands, Germany, Canada to send drones to Ukraine
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Overseas aid budget 'raided' of £4.3billion for refugees in UK: The Home Office has been accused of conducting ‘raids’ on the UK’s overseas aid budget
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Overseas aid budget 'raided' of £4.3billion for refugees in UK
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War in Gaza: The lawyer who is suing against arms deliveries to Israel: Armaghan Naghipour wants to have the federal government banned from supplying further ...
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War in Gaza: The lawyer who is suing against arms deliveries to Israel
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Germany accused of complicity in genocide in the Gaza Strip: Is Germany supporting genocide in the Gaza Strip with its aid to Israel? Yes ...
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Germany accused of complicity in genocide in the Gaza Strip
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Moldova Sets Date for Crucial Presidential Election, EU Vote: Moldova is set to hold a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union on ...
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Moldova Sets Date for Crucial Presidential Election, EU Vote
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Trump said it’s up to the states to decide abortion. Here’s everything else he didn’t say.
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Quick Glance: Arizona Republicans Block Efforts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
  • Democratic bills to repeal a 160-year-old abortion ban were blocked in the Legislature.

  • Arizona's highest court decision upholding a 1864 abortion ban caused chaos and confusion.

  • Democrats aimed to repeal the ban to protect women's health, facing hurdles in the Republican-controlled legislature.

  • The uncertainty loomed over whether Republican leaders would allow immediate action on repealing the ban, despite pressure from Democrats and some Republicans.
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National Pet Day: 21 pictures of Furness animals: It’s National Pet Day! Readers have shared pictures of their beloved pets.
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National Pet Day: 21 pictures of Furness animals
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The 10 Countries Leading the Way on Climate Change: Some countries are ahead of others when it comes to addressing climate change.
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The 10 Countries Leading the Way on Climate Change
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Avalanche in Austria: many missing persons: There has been a lot of fresh snow at high altitudes in Tyrol in the last few days. An avalanche caught two winter ...
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Avalanche in Austria: many missing persons
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Florida voters will decide on abortion rights this fall. Here's what some are saying
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Florida voters will decide on abortion rights this fall. Here's what some ...
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Trump’s abortion stance could put Florida Republicans in a bind: The state GOP's strict abortion bans could be repealed if voters approve a ballot ...
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Trump’s abortion stance could put Florida Republicans in a bind
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Anti-abortion groups eye challenge if Florida voters approves ballot measure: The fight over abortion likely won't end in November.
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Anti-abortion groups eye challenge if Florida voters approves ballot ...
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‘Saba Sanabel’: Sharjah’s wheat flour has world’s highest protein percentage: Organic product from special farm in Mleiha achieves protein level higher than 19%
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‘Saba Sanabel’: Sharjah’s wheat flour has world’s highest protein ...
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Caribbean nation of Aruba backs itself up to Internet Archive: Aruba's National Archives and National Library are now on Internet Archive.
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Caribbean nation of Aruba backs itself up to Internet Archive
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ICJ case has German media doing rhetorical cartwheels while support for Israel wobbles
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ICJ case has German media doing rhetorical cartwheels while support for ...
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Colorado groups say they've collected enough signatures to place an abortion rights measure on the ballot
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Colorado groups say they've collected enough signatures to place an ...
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Volt party elects Sophie IN ‘T Veld and the German Damian Boeselager: The Netherlands' Sophie IN ‘T Veld and Germany's Damian Boeselager were chosen by Volt in ...
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Volt party elects Sophie IN ‘T Veld and the German Damian Boeselager
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Parliament easily exploits weakness – Wragg’s honeytrap is the sad result: From the start of your political career onwards, you can get locked into a dopamine ...
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Parliament easily exploits weakness – Wragg’s honeytrap is the sad result
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NATO is not a hegemonic burden for the US: With NATO marking its 75th anniversary last Thursday, the idea that it is free-riding on the US remains a live issue ...
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NATO is not a hegemonic burden for the US
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Nicaragua's lawsuit in The Hague: This is how Germany defends itself against the accusation of genocide
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Nicaragua's lawsuit in The Hague: This is how Germany defends itself ...
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California criminal justice battle intensifies with reformers’ counteroffensive: Groups that have fought to downgrade drug and property sentences are defending ...
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California criminal justice battle intensifies with reformers’ ...
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Abortion ban supercharges Arizona politics, challenging GOP: As abortion politics and policy clash in Arizona and threaten to sway the swing state ...
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Abortion ban supercharges Arizona politics, challenging GOP
Quick Glance: Arizona Republicans foil another effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban
  • Arizona House Republicans once again thwarted an attempt on Wednesday to repeal the state's nearly complete abortion ban from 1864, leaving Democrats without a vote on their repeal bill for the second consecutive week.

  • Despite facing pressure from influential conservatives, such as former President Trump and Senate hopeful Kari Lake, urging GOP leaders to lift the ban, the Republicans blocked the repeal.

  • State House Democrats made a procedural maneuver to attempt to suspend House rules and bring the repeal bill to the floor for discussion. However, this action was rejected by the GOP majority, with only one Republican, Representative Matt Gress, crossing party lines to support bringing up the repeal bill.

  • A similar endeavor to repeal the ban was obstructed by Republicans last week. Following persistent criticism of the law by Democrats both within and outside the state throughout the week, prominent figures like Trump and Lake recognized the political risks and advocated for a change in direction within the Legislature.
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DeSantis predicts Floridians won’t back abortion referendum in November: The proposed constitutional amendment needs a 60% majority to pass.
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DeSantis predicts Floridians won’t back abortion referendum in November
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Ecuador's Noboa Shuts Down Nation on Electricity Crisis, Blaming Drought: Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa ordered businesses and government offices to shut ...
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Ecuador's Noboa Shuts Down Nation on Electricity Crisis ...
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Signatures roll in for tough-on-crime ballot measure to reform California's Proposition 47
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Signatures roll in for tough-on-crime ballot measure to reform ...
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Government to consider tougher sentences for knife crime: Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will bring a memo to Cabinet in relation to tougher sentences on ...
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Government to consider tougher sentences for knife crime
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Project in front of Borkum: Court confirms construction stop for gas drilling platform
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Project in front of Borkum: Court confirms construction stop for gas ...
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Bristol elections will look different this year for first time in over a decade: A referendum was held in 2022, where voters decided to scrap the role
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Bristol elections will look different this year for first time in over a ...
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Court bans construction of gas drilling in the North Sea: A historic success for Deutsche Umwelthilfe and other environmental organizations ...
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Court bans construction of gas drilling in the North Sea
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Fiscal Council sounds the alarm: deficit jumps above the Maastricht limit again: The government debt watchdogs are significantly raising their forecast for the ...
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Fiscal Council sounds the alarm: deficit jumps above the Maastricht limit ...
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Turkish FM to hold talks with Dutch counterpart in Netherlands: Hakan Fidan, Hanke Bruins Slot to 'exchange views on bilateral relations, Türkiye-EU relations ...
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Turkish FM to hold talks with Dutch counterpart in Netherlands
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Hague Prosecution Demands 28 Years for Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’: At the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, the prosecution demanded a 28-year prison sentence for ...
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Hague Prosecution Demands 28 Years for Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’
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Allschwil: 8-seater tram - Marching halt for extension: First clarify what the population wants: marching stop for 8er extension to Allschwil
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Allschwil: 8-seater tram - Marching halt for extension
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Adliswil: Residents want a vote on the Swiss Re: The Adliswil parliament has actually already decided on the planned large-scale development of Swiss Re ...
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Adliswil: Residents want a vote on the Swiss Re
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Will Abortion in Florida and Arizona Decide the Election?: Battles over abortion rights and restrictions could redraw the electoral map in two key states this ...
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Will Abortion in Florida and Arizona Decide the Election?
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Referendum draft proposes bringing Forest Preserve District back under DuPage County Board control
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Referendum draft proposes bringing Forest Preserve District back under ...
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Is KNF leader Nathan Bom in Switzerland, Netherlands or Mizoram?: The mystery concerning Nathan Bom's present whereabouts has not cleared ...
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Is KNF leader Nathan Bom in Switzerland, Netherlands or Mizoram?
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| Montreal Gazette: "The more he puts his cards on the table, the more he goes into detail, the more Quebecers see less reason to vote for the PQ."
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Curious protest: Amsterdam gives in to women peeing wildly: In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, several women took an unusual approach to protest against the small ...
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Curious protest: Amsterdam gives in to women peeing wildly
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Excursion: Graz politician takes the train, her officials take the plane - Graz: Unrest in the Graz town hall: Deputy mayor and traffic officer Judith Schwentner ...
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Excursion: Graz politician takes the train, her officials take the plane - ...
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Health reform Efas: referendum takes place: The unions have the necessary signatures: the electorate will vote on the financing reform of the health insurance ...
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Health reform Efas: referendum takes place
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Amsterdam increases toilet facilities after women protest: After many protests by women, Amsterdam will build more public toilets for women ...
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Amsterdam increases toilet facilities after women protest
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PQ referendum promise prompts renewed calls to partition Quebec: Former Canadian Party of Quebec candidate Marc Perez says his coalition will host a talk ...
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PQ referendum promise prompts renewed calls to partition Quebec
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More ministers would ease pressure on 'overloaded departments' — Tánaiste
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More ministers would ease pressure on 'overloaded departments' — ...
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‘I don’t think we’ll ever get to the end of it’: Swans great despairs about ongoing racism
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‘I don’t think we’ll ever get to the end of it’: Swans great despairs ...
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US Faces Pushback on More China Chip Curbs as Election Nears: US attempts to press the Netherlands and Japan into further curbing Chinese access to semiconductor ...
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US Faces Pushback on More China Chip Curbs as Election Nears
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Netherlands asks citizens not to travel to Israel: Travel advisory for all parts of Israel raised from orange to red, says Foreign Ministry
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Netherlands asks citizens not to travel to Israel
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Could Zoé Stehlin (Juso) become the youngest Lucerne city councilor of all time?: A political scientist assesses how high the 27-year-old's chances are.
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Could Zoé Stehlin (Juso) become the youngest Lucerne city councilor of all ...
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Two Netherlands citizens to be arraigned over alleged $1.4m theft: Two citizens of the Netherlands, Eline Holtes and Henricus Jacob De Kok, are slated to be ...
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Two Netherlands citizens to be arraigned over alleged $1.4m theft
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Michael Gove admits to ‘moral cowardice’ during Brexit campaign: Levelling up secretary says he should have been upfront with David Cameron about his role in ...
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Michael Gove admits to ‘moral cowardice’ during Brexit campaign
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Should it be easier for us to use euthanasia?: Death is part of life. The issue of euthanasia also plays a major role. And it's about the question of whether you ...
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Should it be easier for us to use euthanasia?
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How an idea comes to life: The opening event for the “Biosphere City of Jever” was more than well attended. Many ideas were exchanged ...
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How an idea comes to life
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‘Corrosive obsession with a person’s race’: David Seymour on Māori Wards: ACT Party leader David Seymour would vote against Māori wards if his home council were ...
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‘Corrosive obsession with a person’s race’: David Seymour on Māori Wards