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.

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Waitangi Day in New Zealand is marked by controversy as Māori leaders condemn a proposed bill to redefine the Treaty of ...

The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.

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There were also conflicts between people of different nationalities ... Then she sends Mr Busby to put up a flag. She pays him a salary, and gives him money to give to us Māori.

Parents need to know that Hunt for the Wilderpeople-- which centers on a Maori boy who ends up in the care of a cranky ... and the death of beloved pet. People are also held at gunpoint and are ...

A mountain in New Zealand – seen as an ancestor by the country’s indigenous Maori people – is now legally considered a person. The Bill gives local tribes more say in maintaining the ...

Mt. Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, after a law recognising injustices done to the Maori people during colonisation was passed unopposed in parliament.