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The Latest Breaking News from the Waitangi Tribunal

Major Treaty case over return of Crown land heads to top court

Māori near Gisborne are continuing a 34-year fight involving "momentous" provisions for return of SOE lands wrongly taken in breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Newsroom.co.nz

Will weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves?

On the face of it, the government’s desire to make references to te Tiriti o Waitangi consistent across all legislation sounds reasonable.

The Conversation

What is happening with the government’s contentious review of the Waitangi Tribunal?

Resistance to the New Zealand government’s policies aimed at rolling back Māori rights and protections under te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi has now reached the United Nations.

The Conversation

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UN to hear human rights complaint over New Zealand’s treatment of Māori

UN committee to consider claim by prominent Māori leader Tureiti Moxon that alleges government policies have harmed Indigenous people

The Guardian - AU

Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas

Outdated laws mean Indigenous children in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia can currently be denied citizenship on the lands of their ancestors.

The Conversation

Fifty years on, New Zealand’s tribunal upholding Māori rights faces a turning point

The Waitangi Tribunal has had a significant impact on Indigenous rights and policy but as it marks its 50th anniversary, its role is being questioned

The Guardian - AU

Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown

Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations amid rising tensions over proposed legal changes

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Māori tribes make rare plea to King Charles for intervention in New Zealand politics

Exclusive: Open letter seen by the Guardian asks King to ‘ensure the government does not diminish the crown’s honour’ amid tensions over policy direction for Māori

The Guardian - AU

Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill?

Thousands are marching against a bill they believe undermines the Treaty of Waitangi and limits Maori rights.

Al Jazeera

Controversial bill to reinterpret New Zealand’s founding document reaches parliament

The widely criticised bill aims to redefine Treaty of Waitangi principles that guide relations between Maori and ruling authorities

The Guardian - AU

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

ACT Party leader David Seymour has said the goal of his Treaty Principles Bill is to stimulate an overdue conversation on te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi. At that level at least he has succeeded.

The Conversation

Fast-track laws, parliamentary urgency, Treaty tension, media retreat: warning signs for NZ’s ‘brittle’ democracy

There have been so many submissions on the government’s proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill – 27,000 written, with 2,900 wanting to appear before the select committee in person – that a ballot system has been introduced to manage the process.

The Conversation

New Zealand moves to abolish Maori health authority despite protests

Centre-right government says health agency set up to improve access for Maori people will be shut down by end of June.

Al Jazeera

Luxon strives for unity amid Waitangi Day unease

New Zealanders are marking the 184th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi with their national day as PM Chris Luxon urges unity.

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The Guardian - AU

‘A massive unravelling’: fears for Māori rights as New Zealand government reviews treaty

Critics say nation ‘under attack’ as coalition plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other policies that provide for Māori

AAP

NZ Greens make bold Maori land redress pitch

The New Zealand Greens are proposing to return more land to traditional Maori owners should they come to government after the October 14 election.

The Conversation

How NZ's own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war

The recent decision in “one of the most complex and long running” trademark cases in New Zealand was a loss for the country’s mānuka honey producers. But it also served to highlight just how ill-equipped our laws are for protecting Māori taonga (treasures) and mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge).

Newsroom.co.nz

A bloody difficult historian

Joanna Kidman suffers a new work by a Treaty provocateur, and reaches for her gin

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Book of the Week: The first Tiriti fraud

What the hell happened at Waitangi?

360info

Why Aussies will give King Charles a fair go

As Charles is set to be crowned it's unclear if he's inherited the love felt for his mother or whether it's time for Australian republicans to stage a new push.

The Conversation

Australians should be wary of scare stories comparing the Voice with New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal

Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over parliament was met with surprise in New Zealand, especially by the members of the tribunal itself. That’s because it is just plain wrong.

ABC News

Does New Zealand's parliament really play second fiddle to a 'Māori Voice'?

The Institute of Public Affairs has suggested New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal is a 'Māori Voice to Parliament' with veto power. Here's what the experts said.

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