Waitangi Day: record crowds expected amid tensions over Māori policy in New Zealand | New Zealand
Organizers of New Zealand's National Day, which marks the signing of the country's founding treaty between the Maori people and the British Crown, say 2025 will be a record-breaking year, following a year of heightened tensions over the direction of the government's Maori policy. We anticipate that a large number of attendees will gather. In […]
Māori tribes make rare plea to King Charles for intervention in New Zealand politics | New Zealand
Representatives of more than 80 Maori tribes have filed an unprecedented petition to King Charles III asking King Charles III to intervene in New Zealand politics, as tensions over the government's Maori policy escalate and relations between indigenous peoples and ruling authorities deteriorate. issued. The National Iwichea Forum, a group of tribal leaders, wrote an […]
New Zealand: the fight to protect Māori rights – podcast | Māori
It started at the northern tip of the North Island and gained momentum as it moved down the country. By march – or Hikoi – It was concluded nine days later in front of Parliament in Wellington, with 42,000 participants and considered one of the largest in New Zealand history. The demonstrations were sparked by […]
Tens of thousands march on NZ parliament in protest against Māori treaty bill | New Zealand
The largest protest march in New Zealand history arrived at Parliament on Tuesday, filling the venue with songs of solidarity against controversial legislation that would reinterpret the country's founding treaty between Māori and the Crown. Police said around 42,000 people took part in the march, believed to be the largest demonstration in support of Maori […]
Maori March on New Zealand Capital to Protest Indigenous Treaty Bill
On Friday, thousands of people marched in New Zealand's capital Wellington to commemorate the Treaty of Waitangi, an 1840 treaty between the British Empire and Maori chiefs that governs policy matters relating to Indigenous peoples to this day. ) protested against a bill that would reinterpret the law. The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi […]
‘Connector of peoples’: who is Nga wai hono i te po, New Zealand’s new Māori Queen? | Māori
circleWhen she was nine, her father ascended to the throne. He became king of the Maori people of New Zealand, and over the years she watched the sacrifices that role took, and witnessed what he meant to Indigenous people across the country. Now, at age 27, it is her turn to lead. Ngā Wai Hono […]
New Zealand queen ascends to Māori throne at age 27
New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherohero VII (69) has died. His daughter, Nga Wai Hono I Tepo (27), will become the new Queen. Nga Wai Hono i Te Po is only the second woman to become Māori monarch in a tradition that dates back to 1858. King Tuheitia's funeral was attended by Māori […]
Māori queen Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki crowned in ‘new dawn’ for New Zealand | Māori
The second Māori queen under the eight-dynasty reign of New Zealand's Kiingitanga movement has been enthroned in an emotional ceremony attended by thousands at Turangawawe Marae. On Thursday morning, Maori leaders hailed her as a “new dawn”. Ngā Wai Hono i Te Po Paki, the only daughter and youngest child of former Māori King Tuheitia […]
‘Dangerous’ and ‘retrograde’: Māori leaders sound alarm over policy shifts in New Zealand | New Zealand
and othersMāori leaders across New Zealand have raised the alarm about government changes to policies that affect Māori after a Guardian analysis highlighted the far-reaching scope of the proposals. The policy changes proposed by the right-wing coalition have been described by experts as “frightening” and “dangerous”, creating a “serious rift” between Māori and the Crown, […]
The Māori climate activist breaking legal barriers to bring corporate giants to court | New Zealand
MIke Smith stands still in his khaki vest, posing for a photo against the dark autumn leaves of the Auckland Domain gardens. He joked that he had a determined look on his face, his eyes raised to the horizon, creating a “Che Guevara look.” “You know that? The way he looks up wistfully?” Smith says […]