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Regulatory Standards Bill claim accepted for urgency by Waitangi Tribunal with 12,000 claimants signed on
The group behind last year's Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti has been granted an urgent hearing at the Waitangi Tribunal regarding the ...
New Zealand parliament votes down contentious “Treaty principles” bill
Popular opposition to the far-right ACT Party’s bill was channelled into a campaign promoting national “unity” and denying ...
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New Zealand rejects proposed law to redefine treaty principles bill
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington on Thursday, halting its progress to a third and final vote. Cheers and applause erupted ...
How FOMO played a part in motivating Treaty Principles Bill submissions
The Treaty Principles Bill is dead, though David Seymour has donned his white lab coat and is firing up the Tesla coils in ...
New Zealand rejects rights bill after widespread outrage
A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, which established the rights of both Māori and ...
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Atlas and the Treaty Principles Bill
It is time to reflect on what happened with the Atlas Network and the Treaty Principles Bill. In January last year in this ...
Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but the fight for Te Tiriti is just beginning - lawyers and advocates say
Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning - as the controversial Treaty Principles Bill is officially killed in Parliament.
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New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
The Treaty Principles Bill sought to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi – an agreement signed between the British Crown and a group of indigenous Māori leaders in the 1840s ...
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Select committee recommends scrapping Treaty principles bill amid huge opposition
Delivering the report 40 days ahead of schedule, the justice committee has recommended, by majority, that the bill not ...
Justice Select committee calls for Treaty Principles Bill to be scrapped
Parliament's Justice Committee has recommended the Treaty Principles Bill go no further, but David Seymour says he is not ...
Aaron Smale: Blind to our history
Years ago, I interviewed a kaumātua about the history of his hapū in Hawke’s Bay and it was a history of trauma. Multiple ...
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New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country's founding Treaty of Waitangi
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, halting its progress to a third and final vote. Cheers and applause erupted before ...