New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...
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Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown
While Indigenous people in many Commonwealth nations ... fearing that abandoning the monarchy could undermine their Treaty of Waitangi rights. Maori fear that New Zealand becoming a republic ...
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Language is a ‘central element in being Maori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point
However, unlike English, te reo Maori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% ...
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Six Ways to Experience Māori Culture
The culture of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand ... Māori cultural manager at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. “In order to understand the present, you have to start with the ...
Good Riddance: Prebble Resigns From Waitangi Tribunal
Te Pāti Māori welcomes the resignation of Richard Prebble from the Waitangi Tribunal. His appointment in October 2024 was a disgrace- another example of this government undermining Te Tiriti o ...
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These Are the Countries Where People Would Most Like to Live
Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and European settlers flooded in. Today, 70 percent of Kiwis, a common term for the people of New ...