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Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown
An umbrella group comprising at least 80 Maori tribes has sent an open letter to King Charles III demanding that he intervene in New Zealand politics and ensure the government honours its ...
New Zealand's Waitangi Day chaos tells a very modern race relations story that Australians know all too well
New Zealand turned 185 on Thursday. Tensions are running high on the eve of the country's national day, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the Crown in 1840. On ...
New Zealand's Waitangi Treaty may be at risk. These young Māori are fighting to protect it
Rotorua, a cultural hub for New Zealand's Indigenous Māori people, shaped Flavell's journey as a proud Māori activist.
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
Mt. Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...
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Disney has landed in the middle of a fight over an Indigenous language
For decades, the New Zealand government in Aotearoa has tried to eliminate te reo Māori, the language of the Indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa. Thus far, it’s failed. While the current ...
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...