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Pātea Taranaki seabed mining: Waitangi Tribunal registers claim for urgent hearing into fast-track approval
The Waitangi Tribunal is considering a claim filed by south Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui concerning a (TTR) shallow-seabed ...
Waitangi Tribunal registers claim calling for urgent hearing into fast tracked plans to mine seabed off Pātea
The Waitangi Tribunal is considering a claim filed by south Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui concerning a Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) shallow-seabed mining project approved under the Fast Track Approvals ...
Māori landowners take Crown to High court over freshwater rights
The case cites what the group describes as the Crown's "repeated failure to uphold the tikanga-based and Tiriti-guaranteed ...
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Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori - Newsday
A Waka, a Māori canoe, is paddled at at Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the country begins to mark the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown - The Independent
The Waitangi Tribunal has called the bill a severe breach of the treaty, warning it would limit Maori rights, reduce social cohesion and damage the Maori-Crown relationship.
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Mana of iwi Māori partnership boards to be further stripped
As of mid-2025, 15 Iwi-Māori Partnership Boards have been established across Aotearoa, covering every region from Te Tai ...
Treaty of Waitangi: Government says Ngāpuhi negotiations cannot be open-ended
The Government maintains it wants to settle with Ngāpuhi by 2040, amid warnings a New Zealand First bill forcing the iwi into ...
Government says Ngāpuhi negotiations cannot be open-ended: 'It can't be as long as forever'
The Government maintains it wants to settle with Ngāpuhi by 2040, amid warnings a New Zealand First bill forcing the iwi into ...