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Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill?
A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A ...
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Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown
will leave Maori with fewer legal mechanisms to have their rights recognised, leading to potential social disruption. New Zealand’s Act Party secured the inclusion of the bill in its coalition ...
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New Zealand is up in arms over Maori rights bill
The bill is a "huge sense of betrayal" and "nothing more than us having to defend that we exist," said Debbie Ngarewa-Packe, the co-leader of New Zealand's Te Pāti Maori Party. New Zealand now ...
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Maoris want the official name of New Zealand changed to Aotearoa
The Maori Party also called on parliament to change the nomenclature of New Zealand to its original Te Reo Maori names by 2026, “we are in the 21st century, this must change”.
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
Don Brash, the former leader of New Zealand’s centre-right party National, called the use of Maori “pointless”. Meanwhile, right-wing broadcaster Mike Hosking said that, “learning in ...
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MPs ordered to stop complaining about use of country’s indigenous name
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country's Māori name in Parliament
Winston Peters — who is deputy prime minister, foreign minister and leader of the populist party New Zealand First — objected in a point of order. “Why is someone who applied to come to this ...
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Seeking out Maori culture in New Zealand
For Temepara, who was named New Zealand’s Gardener of the Year in 2011, this powerful sense of kinship has shaped her passion for championing Maori culture through initiatives that celebrate the ...
The Hindu26d
In New Zealand, row over usage of Aotearoa, its Māori name
Winston Peters — who is deputy prime minister, foreign minister and leader of the populist party New Zealand First — objected in a point of order. “Why is someone who applied to come to this ...
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New Zealand’s foreign minister berates Mexico-born MP for use of nation’s Maori name
The composite word means “land of the long white cloud” in te reo Maori, the Maori language ... foreign minister and leader of the populist party New Zealand First – objected in a point ...
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MAORI NEW YEAR
Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, traditionally welcome the new year in June, around the time of their winter solstice. For tribes in the Whanganui region, the new year is heralded by ...
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New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country’s Māori name in Parliament
Winston Peters — who is deputy prime minister, foreign minister and leader of the populist party New Zealand First — objected in a point of order. “Why is someone who applied to come to this ...