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Te Pāti Māori entered a confidence and supply agreement with the Fifth National Government in 2008 and two of its MPs became ministers outside Cabinet in that Government. This government was dissolved after the 2017 election , in which Te Pāti Māori lost all its seats in parliament and all Māori seats were captured by the mainstream Labour ...
On 30 July 2024, the Government passed the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024, which "restored the right of local referendum on the establishment or ongoing use of Māori wards." While National, ACT and NZ First supported the bill as part of their coalition agreements, it was ...
The bill was introduced in November 2024 by the right-wing coalition government as a key policy goal of David Seymour (leader of the libertarian ACT party). Seymour rejected the idea that the Treaty of Waitangi was a partnership between the New Zealand Crown and Māori iwi .
Te Pāti Māori (Māori pronunciation: [tɛ ˈpaːti ˈmaːori]), also known as the Māori Party, is a political party in New Zealand advocating Māori rights. [3] [4] With the exception of a handful of general electorates, [5] [6] [7] Te Pāti Māori contests the reserved Māori electorates, in which its main rival is the Labour Party.
As a result of the Tribunal's report into the claim, in 1987 the government made Te Reo Māori an official language of New Zealand, and established the Maori Language Commission to foster it. The pivotal issue considered by the Tribunal was whether a language could be considered a "treasure" or "taonga", and thus protected by the Treaty.
They argued that the Government's policy of repealing the 2021 legislation breached the New Zealand Crown's Treaty of Waitangi obligations, would lead to the reduction in dedicated Māori representation at the local government level, expose Māori communities to racism and damage Māori-Crown relations. The Tribunal found that the Crown had ...
In late November 2023, the newly-formed Sixth National Government committed to reversing the Labour Government's public sector co-governance policies as part of its coalition agreement with ACT and New Zealand First. [6] [7] The Government also pledged to "restore the right of local referendum on the establishment or ongoing use of Māori wards ...
A contemporary cartoon portraying New Zealand's reaction to Australia's offer to join its Federation. Māori voting rights in Australia have an unusual history compared to voting rights for other non-white minorities.