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New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
Pakehābecame the dominant population in New Zealand. The Maori population started to dwindle because of wars against their European colonisers over land, and new European diseases like smallpox.
New Zealand parliament votes down bill targeting Maori rights
April 10 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill targeting Maori rights that sparked protests. The Treaty ...
New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
a 22-year-old lawmaker in New Zealand’s Parliament, shot to international fame last year when she ripped up a controversial bill and performed a haka, or Maori war cry, in front of its author.
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Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill?
New Zealand became independent from the United Kingdom in 1947. However, this was after Maori people had suffered mass ...