Waitangi 2025 live updates: Protesters turn their backs during Government speeches
Seymour’s microphone was taken away twice while delivering the remarks. Members of the welcoming party stood to turn their ...
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What did the Māori chiefs say before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840?
The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.
Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
It’s often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s ...
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Hipkins ‘ray of sunshine’ among discontent at Waitangi, says host
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New Zealand marks 185th year of signing Treaty of Waitangi
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Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
the Treaty of Waitangi. Credit: AP/David White As Seymour — who is Māori — spoke, women stood as one and silently turned their backs to him. Lengthy portions of his speech were rendered ...
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says pōwhiri just one of many Waitangi events
Politicians from the coalition government received a frosty reception at Waitangi this year, but Māori Development Minister ...