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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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Maori MPs stage haka protest against treaty bill
Maori lawmakers performed a haka in New Zealand's parliament, protesting a bill aimed at changing a treaty that granted land ...
Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
A former prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...
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.
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 ...
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Protests erupt in New Zealand over Treaty Principles Bill
The bill calls for a reinterpretation of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti) signed between the British colonial ruler and around 500 Indigenous Māori chiefs. Over the past 184 years, the treaty ...