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What Is Treaty of Waitangi? 184-Year-Old Document Granting Land Rights To Maori Tribes
The Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document, takes its name from the Bay of Islands location.
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 ...
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill ...
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
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New Zealand dispatch: thousands join hīkoi in Auckland to oppose controversial Treaty Principles Bill
Thousands of marchers descended upon New Zealand’s largest city on Wednesday as part of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the ...
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate
A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...
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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 ...
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 ...
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Bill of Rights Act advice 'quite damning' - academic
"The government's own lawyers recognise the bill would at first blush undermine Māori people's rights," a law professor says.
Treaty Principles Bill 'Inviting Civil War', Jenny Shipley Says
Former prime minister Dame Jenny Shipley has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the ...
Maori MP tears up Treaty Bill, performs traditional haka in New Zealand Parliament to protest
New Zealand’s Parliament witnessed a rare scene on Thursday when 22-year-old Te Pati Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the ...