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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Hundreds protest for immigration and LGBTQ rights in downtown Tampa
The demonstration was part of a nationwide movement opposing recent decisions from the Trump administration to crack down on ...
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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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.
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Waitangi political pōwhiri could return to Te Tii Marae
Senior Ngāpuhi members say fiery debate at Waitangi isn't going anywhere, so Te Tii Marae could be the best place for it to ...
Shane Jones' threat to cut future funding for Waitangi Trust over pōwhiri disruption
The senior NZ First Minister said the pōwhiri had become a circus and was no longer fit for purpose after multiple ...
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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Act’s ‘just asking questions’ approach under fire with Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill - Anaru Eketone
Hīkoi participants march in Hamilton on the way to Wellington to protest issues including the Act Party’s Treaty Principles Bill. Photo / Mike Scott Anaru Eketone is an associate professor in ...
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Treaty Principles Bill: Record number of submissions leads to issues submitting on bootcamps, social welfare bills
Video / NZ Herald / AFP The record number of public submissions on the controversial Treaty Principles Bill caused technical ... the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed protest. Hundreds of thousands ...
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New Zealand's founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
A huge crowd gathered ... of the treaty’s principles, and would apply them to all New Zealanders, not only to Māori. He says piecemeal construction of the treaty’s meaning has left a vacuum and has ...
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Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill diminishes Māori rights: NZLS
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill diminishes Māori rights, the NZ Law Society said in a submission. The organisation said there were “strong constitutional, public law, natural justice and ...