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New Zealand is up in arms over Maori rights bill
A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents ...
The New Zealand Herald8d
‘Turning the Treaty into a socialist manifesto’: Richard Prebble resigns from Waitangi Tribunal
In his column, he outlines his understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi compared to the tribunal’s. “The Tribunal has turned the Treaty upside down,” he writes, saying the tribunal believes ...
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Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (3MSP TPNW) General exchange of views
I am honoured to represent the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), alongside ...
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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Nuclear weapons treaty needs nuclear states to have any ‘teeth,’ Archbishop Wester says
NEW YORK – As the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons takes place at the U.N. headquarters this week, Archbishop John Wester says that in order ...
Gulf Times7d
UN calls on states to take decisive action to support Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
During the third meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons held at the UN Headquarters in New York, Nakamitsu expressed concern that the current ...
The New Zealand Herald8d
Why I’ve resigned from the Waitangi Tribunal – Richard Prebble
He holds a number of directorships. I have resigned as a member of the Waitangi Tribunal. The Treaty is our founding document; two peoples peacefully agreeing to form a nation. When in Parliament ...
The Washington Post7d
New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
Although the bill is not expected to advance — it’s “as dead as a dodo,” in the words of Christopher Finlayson, who served as both attorney general and minister for Treaty of Waitangi ...
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Qatar calls for Israel to come under international nuclear weapons treaty
and for Israel to join the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty as a non-nuclear state. Qatar's Jassim Yacoub Al Hammadi, Qatar's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the ...
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Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
1. Fifty-five years after the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and four years after the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ...
Newstalk ZB23d
Treaty Principles Bill: 15-year-old says bill is damaging Govt’s ‘positive’ relationship with young people
“The Treaty of Waitangi is one of our biggest legal protections for against environmental exploitation, allowing tangata whenua to hold the Crown to account for breaches of Te Tiriti across key ...