29 In  the  end  our  political  system  will  find ways of binding us  together on Treaty issues,  not  driving  us  apart.  But  the  time  is  not  now  -  we  need  a  pause  for reflection, analysis and reconsideration. We do not want, as Lord Cooke put it to the inquiry into New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements last year, “discord and confusion”.¹⁹ The issues will not go away and they will have to be faced up to and dealt with in the future. As the expatriate historian Professor John Pocock recently put  it  “New  Zealanders,  somewhat  against  their  inclinations,  have  come  upon interesting times; it is to be hoped they survive them”.²⁰    30 My message should not be misunderstood. While big policy steps are not possible at the present time, we are presented with the positive challenge to develop new paradigms  and  approaches.  This  will  allow  us  to  face  the  issues  that  it  is  New Zealand’s destiny to handle with enlightenment.                                                  19   Constitutional Arrangements Committee, above n 18 at 17. 20   JGA Pocock, above n 1 at 228.