The Justice Select Committee has issued more guidance for submissions to the Treaty Principles Bill.

It's planning to hold hearings from the last week of January.

It’s also outlined the criteria which makes submissions unacceptable, including racist material, characterising other people as racist, anything with swear words, and abusive personal reflections on MPs.

Meanwhile, one of the first Government boot camp participants has been charged with burglary and unlawfully taking a vehicle.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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