What is the Treaty of Waitangi and why is it sparking huge Māori protests in New Zealand?
Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill ...
The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible ...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley
Her comments come after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called the bill “simplistic” and “unhelpful”, and former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson — who negotiated more settlements than ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Senior lawyers call for David Seymour’s Treaty Bill to be abandoned
Members of the King’s Counsel, some of New Zealand’s most senior legal minds, say the Treaty Principles Bill “seeks to ...
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Fiery Debate Erupts Over Treaty of Waitangi Reinterpretation Bill
New Zealand's parliament engages in a heated debate over a controversial bill attempting to reinterpret the Treaty of ...
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Launching The Waka: The Māori Activists Rallying A Year Of Protest
In the year since, the country has seen nationwide protests, urgent claims to the Waitangi Tribunal, and the gathering of ...
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Metiria Turei emerges from obscurity – with a new book on the Treaty of Waitangi
Metiria Stanton Turei is re-emerging from relative obscurity. Audrey Young is the New Zealand Herald’s senior political correspondent. She was named Political Journalist of the Year at the ...
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NZ Government Introduces Controversial Bill on Founding Treaty
New Zealand’s coalition government has introduced legislation to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, the 1840 agreement between indigenous Māori and the British Crown that is ...
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NZ government introduces bill to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Wellington: New Zealand’s coalition government has introduced legislation to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, the ...
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What is the Treaty of Waitangi and why is it sparking huge Māori protests in New Zealand?
But the most consequential reform is being championed by ACT leader David Seymour, who wants to redefine the interpretation of New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi (Te ...
Senior lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned
Members of the King's Counsel say the coalition's Treaty Principles Bill "seeks to rewrite the Treaty itself" and would have ...