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Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori

The anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, has passed in a muted fashion

The Independent UK

Māori protesters turn their backs on government ministers at Waitangi Day event

Anger at policies that roll back Māori rights surface as rightwing Act party leader David Seymour has microphone removed twice and protesters stage walkout

The Guardian - AU

Seymour enrages Maori as NZ leaders descend on Waitangi

The row over the role of the Treaty of Waitangi in modern-day New Zealand shows no sign of abating, with protests on the eve of the country's national day.

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Waitangi Day: record crowds expected amid tensions over Māori policy in New Zealand

Event in February that commemorates signing of New Zealand’s founding document expected to draw tens of thousands but PM will not attend

The Guardian - AU

Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown

Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations amid rising tensions over proposed legal changes

The Independent UK

Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill?

Thousands are marching against a bill they believe undermines the Treaty of Waitangi and limits Maori rights.

Al Jazeera

What is the treaty principles bill and why is it causing controversy in New Zealand?

Bill introduced in parliament this week wants to reinterpret Treaty of Waitangi, which upholds Māori rights

The Guardian - AU

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Amid jeers and boos, strained Māori relations with government dominate national holiday

Record crowds gather for country’s national day as fears of a wind back of Māori rights lead to angry exchanges

The Guardian - AU

Luxon strives for unity amid Waitangi Day unease

New Zealanders are marking the 184th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi with their national day as PM Chris Luxon urges unity.

AAP

Waitangi flashpoint arrives for NZ's Luxon government

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for NZ's national day as the government is interrogated over policy for Maori.

AAP

Why has the Maori king of New Zealand called a national meeting?

The gathering will discuss how Maori rights can be protected by upholding their interpretation of Treaty of Waitangi.

Al Jazeera

New Zealand smoking ban U-turn could be first of many steps to demolish Jacinda Ardern’s legacy

From housing reforms and workers’ rights to the Treaty of Waitangi, the new conservative coalition government is set to chip away at progressive policies enacted by the former prime minister, reports Maroosha Muzaffar

The Independent UK

Why a referendum on Te Tiriti will backfire

A referendum on Te Tiriti o Waitangi would be corrosive and unfair, writes Dame Anne Salmond, but there is room for a new government to initiate a mana-enhancing inquiry into recent interpretations of the treaty

Newsroom.co.nz

History and myth: why the Treaty of Waitangi remains such a ‘bloody difficult subject’

The Treaty of Waitangi, the influential historian Ruth Ross (1920-1982) remarked in 1972, is “a bloody difficult subject”. She should have known – she devoted most of her working life to trying to make sense of it, especially the text in te reo Māori.

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Book of the Week: The first Tiriti fraud

What the hell happened at Waitangi?

The Guardian - AU

Waitangi Day celebrations struggle to mute politics in heated election year

Questions of sovereignty, inequality and New Zealand history hang in the background as political speeches foreshadow a future in which relationship with Māori plays a central role

AAP

New Zealanders commemorate Waitangi Day

New Zealand is commemorating its national day - Waitangi Day - 183 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Newsroom.co.nz

The political debate National and Labour can't agree on

Labour and National’s leaders came to Waitangi agreed on which areas need more investment in election year. But as political editor Jo Moir writes, the country is going to see a big debate on how Māori should benefit from it

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On the Māori cannibalism novel

A review for Waitangi weekend

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PM will now speak at Waitangi after communication chaos

The Prime Minister will once again speak at Waitangi commemorations after the organising trust originally moved the political leaders to a panel away from the main event, prompting Chris Hipkins to agree to not give a speech at the põwhiri

Newsroom.co.nz

Fresh fighting over MPs' speaking rights at Waitangi

Waitangi organisers are trying to push political leaders to the side at Sunday's pōwhiri, but Labour's deputy leader says it's not for them to decide who speaks.

Newsroom.co.nz

The pā is a lonely place

A very short story for Waitangi weekend

Newsroom.co.nz

Hipkins heads to the Far North to woo at Waitangi

Newly minted Prime Minister Chris Hipkins isn’t a familiar face in the Far North and will have his work cut out this weekend, writes political editor Jo Moir

Newsroom.co.nz

Short story: Shackled, by Shelley Burne-Field

A short story for - and of - Waitangi weekend.

The Guardian - AU

‘Like a forest without birdsong’: Waitangi Day becomes more reflective as Covid takes toll

As gatherings and speeches are moved online, the chairman of the Waitangi National Trust Board sees a chance for further thought and change

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