New Zealand, Treaty of Waitangi

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 political leaders on Wednesday, as he made a fresh pitch for the law. The measures are widely derided and prompted tens of thousands of people to march on Parliament in Wellington last November.
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 Waitangi, sparking protests and political tensions.
New Zealand marks anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, with quiet protests
New Zealand on Thursday marked the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. The day came with quiet protests of government officials by some Māori leaders amid a national period of fractured race relations and the absence of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon from a gathering of politicians and Māori tribes which the country's leader traditionally attends.
Thousands gather in New Zealand on Waitangi Day
Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called for an end to government policies that critics say erode the rights promised to the indigenous Maori population.
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
IWPG New Zealand Calls for Women's Peace at Waitangi Day
Through this Waitangi Day event, IWPG emphasized the need for a women-led peace movement to New Zealand citizens and encouraged more people to join the journey of peace. It is expected that IWPG’s continued activities will take deeper root in New Zealand society.
Waitangi Day: Thousands gather in NZ as Māori rights in focus
Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day.
New Zealand's Waitangi Day chaos tells a very modern race relations story that Australians know all too well
New Zealand turned 185 on Thursday. Tensions are running high on the eve of the country's national day, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the Crown in 1840. On ...
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What did the Māori chiefs say before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840?
The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.
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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 ...
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New Zealand's Waitangi Treaty may be at risk. These young Māori are fighting to protect it
Protesters calling on the New Zealand government to "honour the Treaty" at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Waitangi in 2024. Source: AAP / Ben McKay Flavell grew up speaking te reo Māori ...
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mt. Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British ...
New Zealand’s sovereign reality and our path to nationhood - Roger Partridge
OPINION: We should move past the myth that NZ's sovereignty was born in a single moment.
New Zealand Youth Choir goes to Waitangi
Those doubting the ability of the different peoples of Aotearoa/New Zealand to live and work in harmony need look no further ...