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- ‘Let Waitangi reconcile us’by Kennedy Warne on December 14, 2024 at 10:31 pm
“This is not a time for bickering over words and principles. Rather, it is a time to reaffirm the Treaty as an act of grace that says to all New …
- Do NZers think sovereignty was ceded in 1840?by David Farrar on December 14, 2024 at 7:14 pm
Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins recently disagreed on whether they think Māori ceded sovereignty when they signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. …
- ‘Nature markets’ may help preserve biodiversity – but they risk repeating colonial patterns of Indigenous exploitationby David Hall and Mike Taitoko and Nathalie Whitaker and Renee Raroa and Tasman Turoa Gillies on December 14, 2024 at 7:14 pm
As the latest global biodiversity summit gets underway in Colombia, finance for the conservation and restoration of nature is one of the key themes …
- Hobson’s actual pledgesby Susan Healy, Tim McCreanor, Ray Nairn on December 14, 2024 at 7:13 pm
“Since Hobson represented the Crown in making these guarantees, it could be fairly said that his most important pledge was to honour the guarantees …
- A Modern Triumvirate? New Zealand’s Political Power Play and Its Historical Parallelsby Waatea Team on December 6, 2024 at 7:40 pm
History doesn’t always repeat itself, but sometimes it sure does come awfully close.As one does at 3am when they should be sleeping or cleaning or …