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New Zealand's leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care
Of 650,000 children and vulnerable adults in New Zealand's state, foster, and church care between 1950 and 2019 — in a country that today has a population of 5 million — nearly a third endured ...
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New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
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New Zealand grants sacred mountain personhood in landmark law
New Zealand on Thursday passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Māori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor.
NZ-Kiribati diplomatic rift: How personalities and misunderstandings can drive foreign aid
Opinion - We are seeing power plays from the US, but it is surprising from New Zealand, writes Sione Tekiteki.