'Haughtiness and bitterness': David Seymour slates critics of Treaty Principles Bill
Act Party leader David Seymour has hit out at a former prime minister and ex-Treaty negotiations minister who have criticised ...
Act Party leader David Seymour takes aim at high-ranking critics of Treaty Principles Bill
Act Party leader David Seymour has hit out at a former prime minister and ex-Treaty negotiations minister who have criticised ...
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Colonial Politics Challenge New Zealand, Australia, Canada
With the ACT Party's Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill having its first reading in parliament last week, the debate and protests have been ...
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Treaty Principles Bill: We all have tino rangatiratanga, the right to self-determine, not only Māori – David Seymour
Sadly, there are groups out there who want to nullify the debate. Even those convinced the Treaty Principles Bill will not ...
Treaties, truth and equality: how NZ, Australia and Canada are all struggling with colonial politics
What is the ‘truth’ about colonialism and its modern relevance? This complex question is testing political consensus not only ...
Treaty Principles Bill: The speeches
Parliament's first reading debate for the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill was an electric affair, but with a few surprisingly lacklustre speeches. The bill's sponsor David Seymour was ...
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Māori lawmakers protest in New Zealand’s parliament
“What all of these principles have in common is that they afford Māori different rights from other New Zealanders,” David ...
"Do not negate 184 years of debate": Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash
The controversial Treaty Principles Bill would end the Māori right of self-determination outlined in a nearly 200-year-old ...
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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 ...
Māori Lawmakers in New Zealand Resist Proposed Bill With Haka Protest
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of New Zealand’s Māori party rose and began a Haka, tearing a copy of the proposed law in half.
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
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Willie Jackson, Maipi-Clarke suspended from House
The Speaker temporarily suspended the House, and when it reconvened half an hour later, he charged Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark ...