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Treaty Principles Bill 'pollutes' the idea of a future together - submission

The Treaty Principles Bill will "whitewash" the Crown and Māori partnership, and "elevate the oppression of my people", says the daughter of Joe Hawke, who led the Bastion Point land occupation. Oral ...
Global Voices Online

Protests erupt in New Zealand over Treaty Principles Bill

Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament. Critics said the bill, if passed, could reverse the ...
Jurist

Nationwide protest march begins in New Zealand against contentious Treaty Principles Bill

A hīkoi (protest march) spanning the entirety of New Zealand’s north island against the government’s constitutionally consequential “Treaty Principles Bill” began Monday from Cape Reinga, the ...
World Socialist Web Site

New Zealand government’s racially divisive Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading

New Zealand’s National Party-led coalition government, which includes the far-right ACT Party and New Zealand First, is continuing its efforts to inflame racial divisions through an ongoing public ...
The Diplomat

The Treaty Principles Bill Is Already Straining Social Cohesion in New Zealand

With the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the Treaty) from the far north moving through Auckland on its way to Wellington, it might be said ACT leader David Seymour has been granted his wish of ...
Jurist

Over 150 New Zealand organisations call for withdrawal of Treaty of Waitangi principles bill

Over 150 New Zealand organisations on Monday released an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon calling for work to stop on a contentious bill that would define in statute the principles of ...
The Conversation

The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Washington Post

New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill

More than 10,000 New Zealanders on Friday joined a 660-mile protest march heading toward Parliament in Wellington, amid growing opposition to proposed legislation that would strip Maori people of ...
The Conversation

Rewriting history: how the Treaty ‘principles’ evolved and why they don’t stand up to scrutiny

Jane Kelsey gave evidence (relating to her PhD thesis addressing the development of the 'principles of the Treaty') at the Waitangi Tribunal urgency inquiry on the Treaty Principles Bill. She is a ...
World Socialist Web Site

New Zealand parliament votes down contentious “Treaty principles” bill

A bill which sought to “reinterpret” New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi, signed between Māori tribal leaders and the British Crown in 1840, has failed in parliament by 11 votes to 112. The second ...
Newsday

New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country's founding Treaty of Waitangi

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the ...