New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...
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Language is a ‘central element in being Maori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point
However, unlike English, te reo Maori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% ...
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Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown
The treaty, signed in 1840 by over 500 Maori chiefs and the British Crown, is seen as the cornerstone of Maori rights legislation in New Zealand. The letter, drafted by the National Iwi Chairs ...
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Treaty Principles Bill a matter of trust ... or lack of it
Yesterday's session of the Justice select committee was marked by intense debates as it heard submissions on the ...
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Treaty Principles Bill 'pollutes' the idea of a future together - submission
The Treaty Principles Bill will "whitewash" the Crown and Māori partnership, and "elevate the oppression of my people", says ...
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Protests and a New Zealand leader’s absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, passed in muted fashion with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon absent from the main commemorations ...
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Overreach, dustbins, and hugs: Treaty submissions roll on
Hundreds of New Zealanders lined up last week to give their oral submissions as the Justice Select Committee hearing for the ...
‘I represent hard’: Why Maori jersey means the world to Fisher-Harris
Having stunned Penrith by returning to New Zealand, James Fisher-Harris says representing the Maori All Stars trumps the World Club Challenge or a trip to Las Vegas.