Tag: Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Waitangi Day 2024: 5 myths and misconceptions that confuse NZ’s 1840...
ANALYSIS: By Paul Moon, Auckland University of Technology
When it comes to grappling with the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, one of the commonest...
Waitangi 2024: how NZ’s Tiriti strengthens democracy and checks unbridled power
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
The ACT Party’s election promise of a referendum for Aotearoa New Zealand to redefine and enshrine the “principles”...
Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been warned that Māori will not sit by without a fight if the government attempts to...
Former Pacific minister ‘lights fire of spirit’ supporting Māori at unity...
By Ruci Farrell of Pacific Media Network
Pacific peoples joined with tangata whenua at the weekend, calling on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to uphold...
NZ opposition parties urge PM Luxon to shut down ‘erase treaty’...
RNZ News
New Zealand's opposition parties have seized on a leaked ministerial memo about the coalition government's proposed Treaty Principles bill, saying the prime minister...
More than 10,000 turn out for NZ’s national Hui-ā-Iwi at Tūrangawaewae
RNZ Pacific
Waikato Tainui estimate at least 10,000 people have been welcomed onto Tūrangawaewae marae to participate in an Aotearoa New Zealand national hui called...
NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power...
ANALYSIS: By Annie Te One, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
In his maiden speech to Parliament in 2020, Te Pāti Māori co-leader...
NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards –...
By Alisha Evans for Te Ao Māori , Local Democracy Reporting
After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after...
Obituary: Tui Rererangi Walsh O’Sullivan, the ‘flying bird in the sky’
OBITUARY: By Dominic O'Sullivan
Tui Rererangi Walsh O'Sullivan, 4 July 1940 -- 20 May 2023
Kia ora koutau katoa. Kia ora mo o koutou haerenga i...
The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
Many different arguments for and against the Voice to Parliament have been heard in the lead-up to this...
Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal
ANALYSIS: By Michael Belgrave, Massey University
Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over Parliament was met...
Long game: political activism for a public voice at Parliament
THE HOUSE: By Johnny Blades, journalist
If elected representatives have their work cut out for them to create the slightest social or political change through...
NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
As part of its aspiration to be “Tiriti-led”, the University of Otago has embarked on a consultation process...
Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described today's Waitangi Day dawn service as moving and says he welcomes the shift away from...
NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato; Claire Breen, University of Waikato, and Valmaine Toki, University of Waikato
The heated (and often confused) debate about...
Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ News Te Ao Māori journalist at Waitangi, and Russell Palmer, digital political journalist
Iwi leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand have accused opposition...
Titewhai Harawira, a ‘feisty, staunch, protector’, dies, aged 90
Te Ao Māori
Northland kuia Titewhai Harawira has died in Avondale, aged 90.
Titewhai Harawira was a familiar face at Waitangi Day celebrations where she frequently...
Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury
Last month The Daily Blog offered its New Year infamous news media gongs -- and blasts -- for 2022. In this...
Dominic O’Sullivan: The role of Te Tiriti in boosting local government
ANALYSIS: By Professor Dominic O'Sullivan
At this year’s local government elections, average voter turnout was 36 percent. This is comparable to the 2019 figure. It...
‘With togetherness, we overcome,’ says NZ’s Ardern on Waitangi Day
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's prerecorded speech marking the historic 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Māori chiefs and the colonial government made from the treaty...
Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’
RNZ News
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing ruling of the New Zealand government's covid-19 response and vaccine rollout, saying Māori were put at...
Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
“Public interest journalism plays a crucial role in promoting the quality of public life, protecting individuals from...