New Zealanders celebrate national day amid debate over founding treaty
Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...
Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
It’s often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s ...
Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Maori
It's often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday's anniversary of New ...
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New Zealand grapples with nationhood on Waitangi Day
New Zealand commemorates its national day on Thursday, Waitangi Day, marking 185 years since the signing of its foundational ...
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
Taranaki Maunga — considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognized as a legal person under a new law.
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Waitangi: authors vs Seymour
Dr Marilyn Waring is the author of numerous works, most recently her anthology of writings, In The Lifetime of a Goat I am ...
Waitangi commemorations highlight ongoing Māori-Government challenges
Despite 185 years of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the relationship between Māori and central Government continues to face challenges ...
Waitangi Day 2025: Crown accused of having ‘filed for divorce’ from Māori during political dawn service
Of the bill, Rountree said it seemed the Crown had “filed for divorce” while Māori were “blissfully unaware”. Her comments roused a sleepy crowd who broke into applause. Act leader David Seymour, the ...
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Seymour enrages Maori as NZ leaders descend on Waitangi
The row over the role of the Treaty of Waitangi in modern-day New Zealand shows no sign of abating, with protests on the eve ...
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
WELLINGTON, New Zealand ... from local Maori iwi, or tribes, and four members appointed by the country’s conservation minister. Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi ...
How Lush is standing up for Māori rights in New Zealand
How a NZ$13 bar of soap is supporting the Treaty of Waitangi and its three main principles: participation, protection and ...
Unwritten rules: why claims of a missing ‘fourth article’ of the Treaty don’t stack up
Some say an oral promise of religious protection read out at Waitangi in 1840 amounts to a fourth article of the Treaty. But ...