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Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, argued that the hīkoi was pointless as, regardless of its impact, the bill was always going to be "dead on arrival", [46] calling the hīkoi a "Maori Party astroturf". [17] [51] His view is that there is no Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and in 2004, his bill removing treaty principles was voted ...
The Māori protest movement is a broad indigenous rights movement in New Zealand ().While there was a range of conflicts between Māori and European immigrants prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the signing provided one reason for protesting.
The Waitangi Sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand, with a further 500 signatures added later that year, including some from the South Island.
He stood for parliament in the safe National seat of Tamaki against Muldoon in the 1972, 1975, 1978 and 1981 elections, receiving 108, 39, 62 and 188 votes respectively. [2] Whenever the two flew from Auckland to Wellington , sympathetic NAC and Air New Zealand staff ensured the two leaders were seated next to each other.
In 1975, protests from indigenous peoples about unresolved Treaty of Waitangi grievances had been increasing for some time, and the Tribunal was set up to provide a legal process for the investigation of those grievances. [1] Matiu Rata, a Minister of Māori Affairs in the early 1970s, took a leading role in the Tribunal's creation. [3]
ACT also reiterated its call for a referendum on the Treaty's application if the bill progresses past the initial stages. Opposition to the bill included criticism from Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer , who accused Seymour of deliberately trying to divide New Zealand, and outgoing Labour MP Kelvin Davis , who stated that his ...
Protest against the amendment to the Contraception-Sterilisation and Abortion Bill Logo of Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand: 1981 Springbok tour: Nationwide 1985 Coalition of Concerned Citizens [30] [31] 800,000 signatures (claimed) Opposition to the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986: 2003 February Anti Iraq War [32] 10,000 Auckland ...
A post on X claims that the Treaty Principles Bill, which was the subject of the protest, was tabled after the haka dance was started. The post implies that the Maori party had successfully ...