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14th November 2024, 19:29
Contentious New Zealand bill leads to Maori protests, including in Parliament (https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nz-treaty-bill-1.7383051)
MPs from the Te Pati Maori Party stood and began a haka, as hundreds march in protest across country
https://i.cbc.ca/1.7383126.1731596774!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/2184430343.jpg
New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
First signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, the Treaty of Waitangi lays down how the two parties agreed to govern. The interpretation of clauses in the document still guides legislation and policy today.
Rulings by the courts and a separate Maori tribunal have progressively expanded Maori rights and privileges over the decades. However, some argue this has discriminated against non-Indigenous citizens.
The ACT New Zealand party, a junior partner in the ruling centre-right coalition government, unveiled a bill last week to enshrine a narrower interpretation of the Waitangi treaty in law.(Full article in link above)
Video clip in this link - impressive and powerful - the woman who leads has very strong Kali Ma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali) energy.....
https://x.com/MattWallace888/status/1857091216149487629
1857091216149487629
MPs from the Te Pati Maori Party stood and began a haka, as hundreds march in protest across country
https://i.cbc.ca/1.7383126.1731596774!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/2184430343.jpg
New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
First signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, the Treaty of Waitangi lays down how the two parties agreed to govern. The interpretation of clauses in the document still guides legislation and policy today.
Rulings by the courts and a separate Maori tribunal have progressively expanded Maori rights and privileges over the decades. However, some argue this has discriminated against non-Indigenous citizens.
The ACT New Zealand party, a junior partner in the ruling centre-right coalition government, unveiled a bill last week to enshrine a narrower interpretation of the Waitangi treaty in law.(Full article in link above)
Video clip in this link - impressive and powerful - the woman who leads has very strong Kali Ma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali) energy.....
https://x.com/MattWallace888/status/1857091216149487629
1857091216149487629