Christopher Luxon’s first visit to Tūhoe as Prime Minister has been met with protest action.
The Labour Party says the coalition government is unfairly targeting Māori and 'enough is enough'. 'Each week they find new ways to keep Māori down.'
Te Pāti Māori is warning the government its move to overturn a court decision on marine customary rights risks a return of the big foreshore and seabed protests of 20 years ago.
In 2022 claimants alleged the Crown didn’t sufficiently involve Te Rūnanga Nui or Kaupapa Māori.
Justice Minister Goldsmith says the government disagrees with the approach taken by the Court of Appeal.
The final tangata whenua Treaty hearing will be held today on Raukawa Marae in Ōtaki.
“There is no justification to take us backwards on Māori wards,"ActionStation director Kassie Hartendorp says.
Te Arani Anthony Munro-Campbell, known as “Uncle Demon” to his adoring nephews, was a softly-spoken 27-year-old who loved his family.
The court said the UN Security Council, the General Assembly and all states had an obligation not to recognise the occupation as legal and not to support or aid its maintenance.
The party says Health NZ should have a "single-minded focus" on health priorities, and that karakia "detracts from that goal".