カテゴリー: Māori
Exclusive: Open letter seen by the Guardian asks King to ‘ensure the government does not diminish the crown’s honour’ amid tensions over policy direction for MāoriWhat is NZ’s treaty principles bill and why is it controversial?Representatives of more t…
Eru Kapa-Kingi has become the most recognised face of a movement against the government’s policy direction for MāoriMāori activist Eru Kapa-Kingi may have just led a historic march on Indigenous rights in New Zealand but he is reluctant to take credit …
Only seven spade-tooth whales have ever been documented, now work is beginning on a specimen that washed ashore in New Zealand in JulyA spade-tooth whale – thought to be the world’s rarest whale species – is undergoing dissection in New Zealand, in the…
Campaign under way to identify subjects of images shot in 1970s and 1980s by Westra, one of New Zealand’s best-known social documentary photographersWhen a black-and-white photo of a man and a woman sitting on a patterned sofa outside an old weatherboa…
Bill introduced in parliament this week wants to reinterpret Treaty of Waitangi, which upholds Māori rightsSince New Zealand’s right-wing coalition government took office a year ago, its policy direction for Māori has dominated headlines, but one propo…
The widely criticised bill aims to redefine Treaty of Waitangi principles that guide relations between Māori and ruling authoritiesNew Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi explained in 30 secondsA controversial bill that seeks to radically change how New Zeal…
As New Zealand goes head to head with the old colonial power, Great Britain, a waka is leading the team out of Barcelona harbourAs New Zealand goes head to head with Great Britain in its defence of the America’s Cup, the Kiwis have a secret weapon, a M…
Prof Rawinia Higgins tells the Guardian that te reo Māori is under threat from the rightwing coalition despite long-running efforts to revive itNew Zealand’s Māori language commissioner has described government policies to limit the use of the Indigeno…
Only daughter and youngest child of the former Māori king Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII ascends to the throne in emotional ceremonyThe second ever Māori queen in the eight-dynasty reign of the Kiingitanga movement in New Zealand has ascended to t…
‘A moment of great sadness for the nation’ as Māori king, considered the paramount chief of several tribes, or iwi, diesNew Zealand’s Māori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning, aged 69, according to a statement re…
1News Verian poll comes amid growing concern the coalition’s policy direction will wind back Māori rightsNearly half of New Zealanders believe the government’s policies have increased racial tensions, new polling shows, as pressure mounts on the govern…
Government’s push to fast-track projects in NZ stirs fears deep-sea mining off Taranaki, long opposed by the community, could go aheadThree fishers sit around a bare table in Pātea Boating Club, a few hundred metres back from New Zealand’s south Tarana…
Experts say policy changes that include scrapping Māori-led programs will harm communities and put New Zealand’s ‘great reputation’ at riskRevealed: the impact of shifts to policies affecting MāoriLeading Māori figures from across New Zealand have soun…
Guardian analysis of changes in six key policy areas explains the coalition’s rationale for the shifts and provides expert views on how they will impact Māori‘Dangerous’ and ‘retrograde’: Māori leaders sound alarm over policy shifts in New ZealandAnaly…
The right-wing government had told Pharmac that it no longer needed to consider the Treaty of Waitangi in its funding decisionsA director of New Zealand’s medicine funding agency Pharmac has resigned in protest of a government directive telling the age…