Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2017, i noho kau te tūranga mo te wā 40 ra, ko te wā anake i roto i tōna hītori i noho kau ai. Hei wāhanga o te
2017<unk>18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, i puta mai ko te kaitohutohu o tera wa a Barnaby Joyce he tangata whenua o Niu Tireni na te whanau ("jus sanguinis" <unk> na te tika o te toto) i te wa o te pooti federal 2016. I korero a Joyce ki te Whare o nga Kaitohutohu i te 10 o Akuhata 2017 na te Komihana Nui o Niu Tireni i korero ki a ia mo tona mana whenua, a, i whai mana tana whakarere i tana taangata takirua i te 15 o Akuhata 2017. Heoi, i tono ia kia tukuna tana take ki te Kooti Nui o Ahitereiria (e noho ana ko te Kooti o nga Whakaaetanga Whakaaetanga) mo te whakatau, a ka whakatau ratou kaore i te tika tana pooti i raro i te waahanga 44 o te Ture o Ahitereiria. I tukuna e te kawanatanga nga raihana mo te pooti iti mo te nohoanga o New England kia tu i te 2 o Tihema 2017, i wikitoria ai a Joyce. Ko te Kawana-Tianara a Sir Peter Cosgrove i whakatu ano a Joyce hei tuarua mo te Pirimia i te 6 o Tihema 2017.