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 ...
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.
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New Zealand grapples with nationhood on Waitangi Day
New Zealand commemorates its national day on Thursday ... which - adding complexity and driving conflict - are different according to the treaty's two different texts, in English and Maori. Those ...
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 ...
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...
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New Zealand Mountain Granted Same Legal Rights as a Person: Here’s What It Means
In 1840, Māori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi — New Zealand’s founding document — in which the Crown promised Māori would retain rights to their land and ...
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... But the Māori and English versions of the treaty differed — and Crown breaches of both began immediately. In 1865, a vast swathe of Taranaki land, including ...
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A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... But the Māori and English versions of the treaty differed — and Crown breaches of both began immediately. In 1865, a vast swathe of Taranaki land, including ...