Tamaki Makaurau Collective Deed of Settlement Summary The Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Deed of Settlement was initialled by the Crown and Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau (the Tāmaki Collective) on 7 June 2012. It is subject to ratification by the members of the iwi / hapū of the Tāmaki Collective and conditional on the enactment […]
A group of esteemed Māori leaders and academics, including Dr Papaarangi Reid, Moana Jackson, Rikirangi Gage, Angeline Greensill, Hone Harawira and Moana Maniapoto have filed a claim and application for urgent hearing today in the Waitangi Tribunal. The claim alleges that the government’s actions in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) are a breach of the […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder Nick Smith the housing minister has used a loop hole of re designating land in order to avoid honouring the Treaty of Waitangi. As part of Ngati Whatua and Waikato-Tainui treaty negotiations there is a clause giving individual iwi the right of first refusal when the Government wants to dispose […]
Annette Sykes This week in the realm of Maori Politics has been extraordinary. While the Crown boxes on with Sky City Deals that give Ngati Whatua lands(which prices have escalated two fold since the backroom deal was negotiated) upon which gambling dens are to function to the benefit of third party corporate entities Maori are […]
Mana Movements Rueben Taipari Porter is the only candidate in the by election proposing to use Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the document that will save Northland from the TPPA which will take away local business choices. The TPPA has been criticised for its secrecy and lack of transparency. The TPPA would eliminate tariffs and […]
1law4all is a political party committed to the suppresion of indigenous rights in New Zealand and ignoring our founding national document, the Treaty of Waitangi. Its policies are based on the premise that anything awarded to Maori is an attack on Pakeha rights. As well as wanting to abolish the Treaty of Waitangi and the Takutai Moana […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder Now the Waitangi Tribunal has declared Nga Puhi did not cede sovereignty to the crown the Primeminister has responded “In 1840 when we signed the treaty, it strikes me we signed it for modern New Zealand, and that was a New Zealand where we co-habitated and ran the country together. It […]
He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti The Declaration and the Treaty: The Report on Stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 1040, 2014) 14 November 2014 Report by Professor David V Williams Summary Te Paparahi o Te Raki district comprises all territories north of Auckland […]
Mana leader Hone Harawira 175 years after the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Ngapuhi stands poised to play a pivotal role in what the treaty might mean for the next 175 years. And that is hugely important because while government has already signed ‘full and final’ deals with most iwi, including the big ones […]
It’s easy to think the Treaty of Waitangi is something only lawyers need to think about. But that’s a mistake. It relates to all of us and is always going to be part of our lives. Today I hope to explain why. The Treaty sets the bar for how New Zealanders acknowledge and respect each […]
