The Conversation

Some say the Treaty of Waitangi divides NZ – a new survey suggests the opposite is true

The stories Aotearoa New Zealand tells itself about the history of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi have evolved considerably over time. For many decades, starting with the 1940 centennial, ...
The Conversation

Blowing the dust off NZ’s ‘founding documents’ reveals the hold they still have on today’s Treaty debate

There is power in paper. Anyone who denies the potency of history’s dusty documents needs only look at the current incendiary debates over proposed legislation tackling the “principles” of the Treaty ...
Newsday

Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It's often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday's anniversary of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, passed in ...
World Socialist Web Site

New Zealand government’s Treaty of Waitangi “debate” stokes racial divisions

New Zealand’s right-wing coalition government—which consists of the National Party, the nationalist NZ First Party and the libertarian ACT Party—is ramping up its efforts to stoke racial divisions and ...
World Socialist Web Site

Lessons of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand for the Australian working class

Reconstruction of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by Marcus King, 1939. [Photo by Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga Flickr / CC BY 2.0] The Australian Labor government will ...