Pursuant to section 13 of the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, I hereby give notice that:
Ian Wishart on behalf of The Constitution Trust of
New Zealand:
- has been approved to use, for the purposes of an indicative referendum petition, the wording determined in the paragraph below;
- is the promoter of the indicative referendum petition in which the wording determined in the paragraph below is to be used;
- has been approved to use a form for the purposes of the indicative referendum petition; and
That the wording of the specific question to be put to voters in the proposed indicative referendum is:
"Should New Zealand adopt a written constitution expressly vesting sovereignty in the people and protecting fundamental human and civil rights?"
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of October 2001.
D. G. MCGEE, Clerk of the House of Representatives.