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 ...
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Maori mark N. Zealand’s national day with haka, protests
A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.
Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
The bill's architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...
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New Zealand marks 185th year of signing Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the country's bicultural foundation, on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the country's founding ...
The Treaty Principles Bill’s promise of ‘equal rights’ ignores the blind spots of our democracy
The ACT Party is behind both bills, and its leader David Seymour has also justified the Treaty Principles Bill – now before ...
Waitangi Day in New Zealand overshadowed by treaty controversy
Waitangi Day in New Zealand is marked by controversy as Māori leaders condemn a proposed bill to redefine the Treaty of ...
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Treaty Principles Bill stirs nationwide debate
They are themes that have been circulating since the Treaty Principles Bill was first put forward by Act before last year’s election. Discussion on these topics has ramped up since the public was ...
Watch: Select Committee hearings on Treaty Principles Bill resume
The committee will hear from organisations including YouthLaw Aotearoa, Te Hunga Roia Maori o Aotearoa and the Council of Medical Colleges.
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Lady Moxon says Māori and Non-Māori Unite in opposition of Treaty Principles Bill
As the second submitter to the Justice Committee yesterday, Moxon says bill architect David Seymour is appealing to those who ...
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Treaty principles Day 2: Conservation, health, justice highlighted
Former conservation minister Kiri Allan opposes Treaty Principles Bill, while others talk about possible health and justice implications.
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Treaty Principles Bill: Karakia before Hawke’s Bay speakers leave for oral submissions
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks about National's relationship with Māori and the Treaty Principles Bill at Rātana. Video / Mark Mitchell The journey of two Hawke’s Bay leaders on their ...
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Maori mark New Zealand's national day with haka, protests
The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.