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 ...
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 ...
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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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 Maori
It's often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday's anniversary of New ...
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Treaty of Waitangi Anniversary: Tensions and Traditions
The Treaty of Waitangi's anniversary passed quietly amid political strains in New Zealand. Prime Minister Luxon avoided the main event, with controversy over a proposed law redefining the treaty's ...
Unwritten rules: why claims of a missing ‘fourth article’ of the Treaty don’t stack up
Some say an oral promise of religious protection read out at Waitangi in 1840 amounts to a fourth article of the Treaty. But ...
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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.
New Zealand marks 185th year of signing Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand marked Waitangi Day which laid the country bicultural foundation on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the ...
New Zealand's Waitangi Treaty may be at risk. These young Māori are fighting to protect it
Rotorua, a cultural hub for New Zealand's Indigenous Māori people, shaped Flavell's journey as a proud Māori activist.
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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The 8,200ft mountain now recognised as a person in bizarre move by New Zealand
A 8,200ft mountain has now been recognised as a person in a bizarre move by New Zealand. The country's government recognised Mount Taranaki - now known by its Maori name, Taranaki Maunga - after ...