Everything you missed from the final day of oral submissions on the Treaty principles bill.

Everything you missed from the penultimate day of hearings.

The architect of the 'mother of all budgets' submitted in support of the bill, while Anne Salmond said it should be 'put in the dustbin of history where it belongs'.

The Wellington mayor told the Justice Committee the bill was an ideological 'vanity project'.

There was plenty of colourful language and no time for bathroom breaks as the final week of hearings kicked off.

'If you’re locked in a burning house, of course you’re going to try to put out the fire,' Eru Kapa-Kingi told the Justice Committee.

Everything you missed from day six of the Treaty principles bill hearings, when the Justice Committee heard seven hours of submissions.

Everything you missed from day five of the Treaty principles bill hearings.

Former prime minister Geoffrey Palmer said the bill has 'damaged the collective fabric of our nation'.

Everything you missed from the third day of the Treaty principles bill hearings.

Day two of the treaty principles bill hearings saw submissions from Kiri Allan and a controversial former mayor.

The bill may be 'dead in the water' but there is potential for some good to come out of the debate.

Nine hours, 50 oral submissions, half an hour for lunch.

With select committees increasingly swamped with submissions, it's clear this once niche act has gone mainstream. But does it make any difference?

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