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'Honouring the promises we make': Māori Queen to join te hīkoi mō te Tiriti
18 Nov 2024Nga wai hono i te po has a message of hope for the nation to come together and work through current divisions, the Kiingitanga spokesperson says. Audio
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Live: The Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading
14 Nov 2024Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the house for interrupting the vote on the Treaty Principles Bill's first reading with a haka.
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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti: South Island one step away from Parliament
14 Nov 2024Hīkoi activation events have now concluded for Te Waipounamu ahead of their convoy to Parliament.
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Hīkoi protest: Thousands march through key Auckland sites
13 Nov 2024Thousands of supporters crossed the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Wednesday, causing it to rock and sway under their feet.
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Hīkoi to spend night in Huntly before continuing in morning
13 Nov 2024The hīkoi will rest in Huntly on Wednesday before moving onto Rotorua and eventually Wellington.
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Watch: Hīkoi crosses Auckland Harbour Bridge
13 Nov 2024The Auckland Harbour Bridge rocked and swayed as thousands crossed over, in a hīkoi protesting the Treaty Principles Bill.
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Sir Robert Gillies laid to rest, as hundreds attend service
12 Nov 2024The 99-year-old was the last man standing from the Māori battalion, serving in B company from 1942 to 1945.
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Temporary village built for whānau displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle
12 Nov 2024The collaboration has seen 11 homes built at Ōmāhu Marae in Hawke's Bay 20 months on from the extreme weather event. Audio
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On the hunt for wallaby at 'Ground Zero'
15 Nov 2024A group of Te Arawa iwi are trying to reclaim their forest from mobs of wallabies which they say are killing the bush and gobbling up farmland.
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Seymour's Treaty bill 'inviting civil war' - Jenny Shipley
16 Nov 2024"I would fight against it. Māori have every reason to fight against it," the former prime minister says. Audio
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Haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
15 Nov 2024Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest interrupted the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill.
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Goldsmith on Finlayson's Treaty Principles Bill comments
Former MPs sometimes feel they can chip in and tell current ones what to do, the Treaty Negotiations Minister says. Audio
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10,000 join hīkoi as Treaty bill protest heads south
15 Nov 2024Hīkoi mo te Tiriti participants have turned out in force on foot and horseback in central Rotorua.
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Treaty bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori - former minister
15 Nov 2024"The National Party today are more concerned about their careers than about the history," Chris Finlayson says. Audio
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Watch: Haka interrupts Treaty Principles Bill voting
14 Nov 2024As Opposition MPs and the public gallery stood to perform Ka Mate, Speaker Gerry Brownlee suspended the sitting.
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Bill of Rights Act advice on Treaty Principles law 'damning' - expert
14 Nov 2024"The government's own lawyers recognise the bill would at first blush undermine Māori people's rights," a law professor says. Audio
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Waitangi Tribunal demands release of Te Aka Whai Ora documents
A treaty lawyer says she can't recall the tribunal issuing a directive like this before. Audio
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D-Day for government's Treaty Principles Bill
14 Nov 2024The legislation is up for its first reading after Question Time this afternoon. Audio
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Retracing the footsteps of past Māori protest movements
14 Nov 2024As the nationwide hīkoi for Te Tiriti made its way through Auckland it stopped at two sites synonymous with Māori resistance - Bastion Point and Ihumātao.
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Senior lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned
14 Nov 2024Members of the King's Counsel say the coalition's Treaty Principles Bill "seeks to rewrite the Treaty itself" and would have the "opposite effect of its stated purpose". Audio
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As it happened: Hīkoi mō te Tiriti leaves Dargaville, headed for Auckland
12 Nov 2024Kaipara Māori Ward councillor Pera Paniora urged locals to join the hikoi and take the fight for their rights to Parliament..
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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti's stop in Kaipara district to mark loss of Māori ward
12 Nov 2024The hikoi will detour from its route in the footsteps of Dame Whina Cooper's 1975 land march to stop in the Kaipara District today. Audio
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National hīkoi arrives in Whangārei
11 Nov 2024Thousands have turned out in Whangārei, the first city on the hīkoi.
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Hundreds pay final respects to Sir Robert Gillies
11 Nov 2024Mourners, politicians and representatives of the NZ Army have been welcomed onto Te Papaiouru marae in Rotorua.
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