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How The World Reacted To The Treaty Principles Bill Debate
Australia’s ABC News called it a ” landmark vote” on the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday. International news agency ...
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New Zealand government makes empty apology to people abused by the state
On November 12, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ... the use of electro-shock therapy as a form of punishment, ...
Maori protesters march on New Zealand capital over contentious bill
Thousands of people joined a march towards New Zealand's national capital on Friday after a contentious bill that would reinterpret the country's 184-year-old founding document passed its first hurdle ...
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Māori Lawmakers in New Zealand’s Disrupt Parliament With Protest ‘Haka’
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A vote in New Zealand’s parliament ... and attempts through policy to reverse the stark inequities ...
New Zealand's leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a "formal and unreserved" apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse ...
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Gordon Campbell on the folly of making apologies in a social vacuum.
Seymour’s mean little Treaty Principles Bill prefers toi live in denial about our colonial legacy. It does so in the name of a bogus “equality” that assumes everyone in New Zealand enjoys equal access ...
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New Zealand Lawmakers Explode in Powerful Haka Chant on Parliament Floor to Protest Controversial Bill Threatening Māori Rights
The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the ...
New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka in Parliament
A group of MPs in New Zealand performed a haka, a traditional Māori performance, in Parliament on Thursday to express opposition to a proposed law that seeks to redefine a treaty between the Crown and ...
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand's parliament during fraught race relations debate
A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.