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… Activist groups Māori commentators often say that nothing has been achieved without protest and … using sit-ins, parliamentary petitions and claims to the Waitangi Tribunal for Māori language teaching in schools and … broadcasting. Groups protested at Waitangi that the Treaty of Waitangi was a ‘fraud’ because successive …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations
… Treaty of Waitangi The outcome of Waitangi Tribunal reports, legal challenges based around the Treaty of Waitangi and treaty settlements has been the …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations
… the National Party expressed scepticism about te Tiriti o Waitangi during the 1990 election campaign, the momentum of indigenous rights and historical justice had become too … and negotiate directly with the government over their treaty claims. These mainly concerned large areas of Waikato …
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… From the late 1980s the Waitangi Tribunal grew to become one of the country’s most … came greater public scrutiny and an increased workload. Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act 1988 The Waitangi …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… The Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 against the backdrop of the protest movement of the 1970s and following decades … Māori land. At first many protesters denounced the treaty as a ‘fraud’, but later they called on the Crown to … Establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal, 1970s …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… case, 1987 A court case in 1987 was the first to define treaty principles in some detail. The New Zealand Māori Council asked the Court of Appeal whether the government’s plans to transfer land to … enterprises breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. To answer that question the court had to decide …
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… element. Some movements have been entirely independent of the government, while others have been state sponsored. … of New Zealand, was adopted by 25 northern rangatira at Waitangi. The flag and informal Māori registers were … iwi kotahi tātou – We are one people At the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Lieutenant-Governor Hobson said, ‘He iwi …
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Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… For several decades after the arrival of Europeans, New Zealand society was in many ways … between Māori and the Crown established by te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi). …
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… Māori hopes rise Despite the continuing sale of Māori land, relations between the government and Māori … gave Māori new hope that the government would respect their treaty rights. An educated Māori elite increasingly … recognised in law. Gifting the Treaty House Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) was largely ignored by …
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Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi
… Īhaka Te Tai Hakuene was born at Rāwhiti in the Bay of Islands, probably in the late 1830s or early 1840s; he is … was the second son of Whai Hakuene, who probably signed the Treaty of Waitangi as Te Tai, and Tirokai, later known as Ākinihi …
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… organisations were formed to address the consequences of colonisation. Ngā Tamatoa, made up of young Māori, … such as the loss of land and language, and breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. The group Te Rōpū Matakite o Aotearoa campaigned …
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Part of story: Anti-racism and Treaty of Waitangi activism
… Early biculturalism Before te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) was signed in 1840, Māori …
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Part of story: Biculturalism
… ‘He iwi tahi tātou’ (often translated as ‘We are one people’), announced British representative William Hobson at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. 1 Since then New Zealand has frequently …
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Part of story: Anti-racism and Treaty of Waitangi activism
… and land loss. From the 1870s many hui debated issues of law and authority, land and fisheries. Ngāti Whātua, an … gatherings for this purpose in 1879 and the early 1880s. At Waitangi, Te Tii marae became a key place to deliberate on treaty issues. At each of these conferences, strategies were …
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Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi
… The Treaty of Waitangi On 28 April 1840, 61 Muriwhenua chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Kaitāia. Lieutenant-Governor William …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… Sense of injustice In the 1970s a wave of protest actions such as … people’s sense of injustice. From 1980 annual protests on Waitangi Day impelled successive governments to make changes … so the European law changed to reflect Māori practice. Treaty settlements The Waitangi Tribunal was formed in 1975 …
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Part of story: Te ture – Māori and legislation
… In the early days of European settlement, translators and interpreters were … Pākehā could communicate. Important documents such as the Treaty of Waitangi appeared in both languages, sometimes causing …
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… During the 1970s and 1980s there was a major questioning of New Zealand identity. The belief in material progress, … focused on the failure of the government to live up to the Treaty of Waitangi. Kōtuku, white heron The symbol for New Zealand …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… Invented shortly before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, photography arrived in New Zealand soon after …
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… The variety of ethnicities represented in New Zealand increased sharply … of goods and services; accommodation and education. Treaty of Waitangi From the 1980s the Treaty of Waitangi came to …
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Part of story: Anti-racism and Treaty of Waitangi activism