33 h. ago Fifty years on, New Zealand’s tribunal upholding Māori rights faces a turning point

The Waitangi Tribunal has had a significant impact on Indigenous rights and policy but as it marks its 50th anniversary its role is being questionedIn the 1980s, New Zealand’s department of Māori affairs set aside money for language groups to spend on projects as they saw fit. When Wellington teacher Huirangi Waikerepuru received his group’s share, he used it to challenge the government.He took his complaint to a relatively new body called the Waitangi Tribunal. Formed in 1975 amid a wave of protest, it was designed to address Māori grievances by determining whether the meaning of the country’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was being adhered to. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago What is the controversial Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 and why has it sparked violent protests?

India’s parliament passed the controversial bill moved by Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments

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3 d. ago Controversial Aberdeen vs Rangers moment sparks 'common sense' Ref Watch debate as Dermot Gallagher reads the rule book

Nisbet thought he had won the game for the hosts only for VAR to swiftly rule his goal out for handball

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7 d. ago Controversial bill that sparked Maori rights protests heavily defeated in New Zealand parliament

Lawmakers break into Maori song after bill is ‘absolutely annihilated’

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8 d. ago New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country's founding Treaty of Waitangi

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown

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8 d. ago ‘Grubby’ treaty principles bill voted down in New Zealand parliament

Bill which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown fails by 11 votes to 112It was the bill that launched 300,000 public submissions, sparked New Zealand’s largest ever protest on Māori rights and prompted a haka in parliament that quickly went viral.And now the treaty principles bill, which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown, is dead. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Coronation Street star Farell Hegarty sparks Lou demand over 'brilliant' move away from controversial role

The TikTok star made her debut in the ITV soap last month and as fans know, Lou Michaelis and her husband MicK have ruffled feathers

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2 w. ago Baby killer whale born at controversial marine park sparking fears of a lifetime of misery

Morgan, a captive orca, has given birth for the second time and now face a lifetime in a aquatic tank, performing for tourists on the Spanish island of Tenerife

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2 w. ago Controversial Norweigan royal Shaman Durek, 50, sparks major health fears he reveals said he needs major procedure three times a week 'just to stay alive'

The American spiritualist took to Instagram on Friday, claiming in a statement that his health had been 'harmed' due to being 'targeted' by a Norwegian news outlet.

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3 w. ago Turkey protests and violence escalates with fears of major bloodbath after Istanbul mayor jailed

Turkey unrest could get worse and become a major bloodbath, as escalating violence over the controversial jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sparks one of President Erdogan's worst crisis in years

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