Tag: tikanga Māori
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
BACKGROUNDER: By Lillian Hanly, Craig McCulloch and Te Manu Korihi
Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty...
Waitangi 2024: how NZ’s Tiriti strengthens democracy and checks unbridled power
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan
The ACT Party’s election promise of a referendum for Aotearoa New Zealand to redefine and enshrine the “principles” of the Te...
NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power broker – the rise and rise of Te Pāti Māori
ANALYSIS: By Annie Te One
In his maiden speech to Parliament in 2020, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi told his fellow MPs:
You know what...