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Seen abroad as a leader on Indigenous rights, New Zealand enters a divisive new era

As New Zealand celebrates its annual Māori language week, the government is ramping up initiatives to remove recognition of Indigenous people and language from public policy and law

The Independent UK

Rewriting history: how the Treaty ‘principles’ evolved and why they don’t stand up to scrutiny

ACT Party leader David Seymour has said the goal of his Treaty Principles Bill is to stimulate an overdue conversation on te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi. At that level at least he has succeeded.

The Conversation

Director of New Zealand’s pharmaceutical funding agency quits over rollback of Māori rights

The right-wing government had told Pharmac that it no longer needed to consider the Treaty of Waitangi in its funding decisions

The Guardian - AU

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Dear Pharmac – do things differently: what David Seymour’s expectations could mean for the drug-buying agency

Associate Health Minister David Seymour’s recent letter of expectations to drug buying agency Pharmac could fundamentally change the way the organisation makes decisions. Some of these changes could also make Pharmac’s job harder and its decisions more unpopular.

The Conversation

The Secret Diary of .. Sheriff Seymour

The totalitarian landscape as directed by David Seymour and his moral policing unit

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Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies

Reports that Associate Minister of Health David Seymour has told Pharmac, the pharmaceutical purchasing agency, to “stop factoring Te Tiriti o Waitangi into its decisions” aren’t strictly accurate.

The Conversation

NZ Budget 2024: the coalition needs a circuit breaker – the National Party most of all

When finance minister Nicola Willis stands to deliver her first budget tomorrow, it will be a significant moment for her personally, but also for the coalition government, and her own National Party in particular.

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Dolphin SailGP cancellation sparks NZ-wide debate

Prime Minister Chris Luxon says New Zealand should axe regulations after environmental protections for an endangered dolphin stopped a SailGP race.

AAP

New Zealand Enters Second Recession In 18 Months

New Zealand's economy contracts by 0.1% in Q4 2023, entering second recession in 18 months.

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Rugby team sparks row in NZ after calling government ‘rednecks’ in haka

Questions asked over the place of protest in professional sport after Hurricanes Poua team in Wellington changed the lyrics for their haka just before a game

The Guardian - AU

Psuedoephedrine cold and flu drugs coming back in NZ

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he's a fan of pseudoephedrine-enhanced cold and flu drugs and wants them back on pharmacy shelves.

AAP

NZ PM Luxon kills contentious Treaty Principles bill

The contentious Treaty Principles bill is effectively dead after NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon said definitively his party will vote it down at second reading.

AAP

Amid jeers and boos, strained Māori relations with government dominate national holiday

Record crowds gather for country’s national day as fears of a wind back of Māori rights lead to angry exchanges

The Guardian - AU

NZ eyes place in AUKUS alliance after trans-Tasman trip

Australian foreign and defence ministers, Penny Wong and Richard Marles, have hosted their New Zealand counterparts for trans-Tasman security talks.

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Maori warn New Zealand PM Luxon off Treaty changes

Maori leaders have described the New Zealand government as "the enemy" during annual celebrations at Ratana.

AAP

NZ PM Luxon rules out Treaty of Waitangi referendum

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon insists discussions among Maoridom are positive despite concerns regarding his government's agenda.

The Guardian - UK

Piers Morgan will find many ways to deny phone hacking – but how long before his number is up?

Following a judge’s ruling in favour of Prince Harry, his confected outrage is starting to look a little desperate, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter

The Guardian - UK

Which Mirror bosses knew about phone hacking, according to Prince Harry ruling?

Judge names several former editors and executives in judgment that finds unlawful information gathering was widespread

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Evening Standard

Piers Morgan issues phone-hacking denial after High Court ruling

Mr Morgan claimed that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were on a mission to destroy the royal family

The Guardian - UK

Piers Morgan denies knowing of phone hacking after judge rules he did

Former Daily Mirror editor says Prince Harry ‘wouldn’t know truth if it slapped him in his California-tanned face’

The Independent UK

Thousands protest Indigenous policies of New Zealand government as lawmakers are sworn in

Thousands of protesters have rallied against the New Zealand government’s Indigenous policies as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections

Al Jazeera

Thousands gather in New Zealand to protest government’s Indigenous policies

Right-leaning coalition has pledged to review affirmative action and remove references to treaty with Maori people.

The Guardian - AU

‘A massive unravelling’: fears for Māori rights as New Zealand government reviews treaty

Critics say nation ‘under attack’ as coalition plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other policies that provide for Māori

AAP

Luxon's New Zealand government sworn in and take office

New Zealand's National-led coalition is in office, with Chris Luxon sworn in as prime minister along with his 30-strong team of ministers.

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NZ PM-to-be Luxon unveils coalition compromises

New Zealand's National party has shed a number of its election promises as it negotiated a coalition agreement with the ACT and NZ First parties.

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