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- 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 …
- Open Letter: UBCIC in Solidarity with the Māori People – Indigenous Lands & Resources Todayby pmilrtoday on December 6, 2024 at 7:38 pm
Dear Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi and the Māori Party: On behalf of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), we extend our …
- Guest Post: Abraham Lincoln and the Treaty of Waitangiby David Farrar on December 6, 2024 at 7:36 pm
A guest post by Peter Lynn:In 2005 I went on a pilgrimage with a group of Americans to Gettysburg, site of the pivotal battle of the American Civil …
- The sovereignity debateby David Farrar on December 4, 2024 at 5:54 pm
The debate over whether Maori Chiefs intended to cede sovereignty when they signed the Treaty of Waitangi is an academic debate, that doesn’t …
- Why the Maori are protesting against equal rights in New Zealandby David Cohen on December 4, 2024 at 5:53 pm
Around 35,000 thousand demonstrators descended on the capital of New Zealand this week, many of them adorned in traditional native dress amid a fluttering sea of red, white and black ‘Maori sovereignty’ flags. They were there to decry a bill looking to redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty. The …