Toxic clean-up refusal by Crown of Hāwera school site stalls Treaty of Waitangi deal
Hawera hapū wants Crown to clean up asbestos from claim site.
Hawera hapū wants Crown to clean up asbestos from claim site.
OPINION: Also in today's letters – rubbish council comms; that NZDF plane versus ferries.
REA: 'It’s not about indoctrination, it’s about raising awareness and understanding.'
Hapū members have occupied the former Tōwai School site since the end of March.
The Tauranga-based iwi had been inundated with support since lodging its application.
There has been outrage over the Treaty Principles Bill and cuts to services for Māori.
Returning land in central Tauranga to mana whenua has resolved a long-standing grievance.
A veteran educator is humbled by an award for services to Māori and local government.
OPINION: 'Thank you to the Caughey family and your staff... you will be so missed.'
The country's biggest iwi is to cut costs and staff.
The incident happened during the third reading of the Whakatōhea Treaty settlement.
The action coincides with a Te Pāti Māori protest, but organisers say it is separate.
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It comes after hundreds marched on Parliament to protest the bill.
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The Māori warden dedicates her QSM to her late husband.
OPINION: Section 7AA has had unintended consequences for our tamariki.
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The Government has been urged to halt the Māori ward changes and consult properly.
Since the election, the Waitangi Tribunal has received six urgent inquiries.
Ngāti Kahu call on monarch to stop Treaty attacks.
Today’s official narratives acknowledge the Treaty was broken during European colonisation
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Kaumātua Hone Sadler says Act's interpretation is not in tune with intent of te Tiriti.
'We need to make sure our rights and interests are protected.'
Justice David Collins points to early miscarriages of justice in colonial New Zealand.
OPINION: 'The role of the judiciary is to interpret our law, not to make new law.'
OPINION: The bill's potential fiscal and political risk is causing concern.
Ō-Rākau was the site of the last major battle in the Crown’s 1863-64 invasion of Waikato.
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