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- Treaty principles bill hearings, day four: Former PM, former minister say scrap itby Lyric Waiwiri-Smith on February 14, 2025 at 1:46 am
Everything you missed from day four of the Treaty principles bill hearings, when the Justice Committee heard two hours of submissions.Read our recaps …
- Iwi claim challenges parliamentary sovereignty, Crown saysby David Williams on February 14, 2025 at 1:46 am
The High Court isn’t the appropriate place to solve a South Island iwi’s claims over freshwater, the Crown says.Ngāi Tahu leaders, and the collective …
- ‘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 …