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 ...
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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.
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.
How New Zealand got its Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand recognises Waitangi Day, the day that commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It was signed ...
New Zealanders celebrate national day amid debate over founding treaty
Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...
Unwritten rules: why claims of a missing ‘fourth article’ of the Treaty don’t stack up
I sign this Treaty with my hand, but with the mana of my ancestors. So said Hōne Heke, the first rangatira (chief) to sign ...
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Waitangi 2025: A day of kōrero, kaupapa and kotahitanga
One belief was virtually universal within the Waitangi forum tents: existing as Māori is inherently political.
The Treaty Principles Bill’s promise of ‘equal rights’ ignores the blind spots of our democracy
For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...
Program: Exactly what was agreed under the Waitangi Treaty
There are huge crowds expected in the town of Waitangi next week, where Waitangi Day is celebrated marking the day that the Waitangi Treaty was signed back in 1840 by Maori Chiefs and the Queens ...
Waitangi 2025: What the kōhanga generation offers the country - Simon Wilson
There was a lot of talk about Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi at Waitangi this week. She died recently, aged 95, having ...
New Zealand's Waitangi Treaty may be at risk. These young Māori are fighting to protect it
Rotorua, a cultural hub for New Zealand's Indigenous Māori people, shaped Flavell's journey as a proud Māori activist.
Act’s David Seymour, NZ First’s Shane Jones and the battles of Waitangi
Photo / Dean Purcell Simon Wilson is an award-winning senior writer covering politics, the climate crisis, transport, housing ...