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November 15, 2024
RNZ News An estimated 10,000 people have marched through Rotorua today as part of Hīkoi mō te Tiriti protesting against the controversial Treaty Principles Bill. Due to the size of the group, Fenton Street was blocked temporarily as the Hīkoi went through, police said. It is anticipated that this afternoon the main Hīkoi will travel ... <a title="Hīkoi day five: 10,000 join as Treaty bill protest halts traffic in Rotorua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/hikoi-day-five-10000-join-as-treaty-bill-protest-halts-traffic-in-rotorua/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day five: 10,000 join as Treaty bill protest halts traffic in Rotorua">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Claire Breen, University of Waikato With the protest hīkoi from the Far North moving through Rotorua on its way to Wellington, it might be said ACT leader David Seymour has been granted his wish of generating an “important national conversation about the place of the Treaty in ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-is-already-straining-social-cohesion-a-referendum-could-be-worse/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch As thousands take to the streets this week to “honour” the country’s 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, the largest daily newspaper New Zealand Herald says the massive event is “redefining activism”. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti has been underway since Sunday, with thousands of New Zealanders from all communities and walks of life ... <a title="NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/nzs-hikoi-challenging-controversial-draft-bill-redefines-activism-says-herald/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration as the national Hīkoi continued its journey to the capital. Opposition Te Pati Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the House following a haka. Maipi-Clarke interrupted the vote on the ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP evicted over haka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-passes-first-reading-after-maori-mp-evicted-over-haka/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP evicted over haka">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
RNZ News Thousands of people are continuing their North Island hīkoi as the legislation they are protesting against, the Treaty Principles Bill, gets its first reading in Parliament today. The hīkoi enters day four and headed off from Huntly, destined for Rotorua today, after it advanced through Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau yesterday. Traffic was at a ... <a title="Hīkoi day four: Setting off from Huntly on way to Wellington – bill reading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/hikoi-day-four-setting-off-from-huntly-on-way-to-wellington-bill-reading/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day four: Setting off from Huntly on way to Wellington – bill reading">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2024
By Lillian Hanly, RNZ political reporter Members of the King’s Counsel, some of New Zealand’s most senior legal minds, say the controversial Treaty Principles Bill “seeks to rewrite the Treaty itself” and are calling on the prime minister and the coalition government to “act responsibly now and abandon” it. More than 40 KCs have written ... <a title="Senior NZ lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/13/senior-nz-lawyers-call-for-treaty-principles-bill-to-be-abandoned/" aria-label="Read more about Senior NZ lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2024
RNZ News Thousands of supporters of Aotearoa New Zealand’s hīkoi mō te Tiriti — a march traversing the length of Aotearoa in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill and government policies impacting on Māori — have crossed the Auckland Harbour Bridge. RNZ reporters with the march said it was swaying and rocking as the protesters ... <a title="Hīkoi day three: Thousands of protesters walk across Auckland Harbour Bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/13/hikoi-day-three-thousands-of-protesters-walk-across-auckland-harbour-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day three: Thousands of protesters walk across Auckland Harbour Bridge">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2024
RNZ News Emotions are running high as the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti has been welcomed to Laurie Hill Park in Whangārei by mana whenua. Thousands have arrived to support the kaupapa — young and old, tangata whenua and tangata tiriti, all to make a stand for the rights of Māori. The crowd have joined in ... <a title="Hīkoi mō te Tiriti sets off from Whangārei on day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/12/hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-sets-off-from-whangarei-on-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi mō te Tiriti sets off from Whangārei on day two">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2024
RNZ News From the misty peaks of Cape Reinga to the rain-soaked streets of Kawakawa, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national hīkoi mō Te Tiriti rolled through the north and arrived in Whangārei. Since setting off this morning numbers have swelled from a couple of hundred to well over 1000 people, demonstrating their opposition to the coalition ... <a title="Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build a nation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-day-one-lets-make-this-hikoi-build-a-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build a nation’">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2024
RNZ News Leaders of a hīkoi against David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill have rejected the ACT party leader’s offer of a meeting as they set off for Wellington. A dawn karakia at Te Rerenga Wairua launched the national hīkoi today. Hīkoi mō te Tiriti participants gathered for a dawn blessing ahead of a nine-day journey ... <a title="Meeting with Seymour ‘pointless’, says protest hīkoi organiser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/meeting-with-seymour-pointless-says-protest-hikoi-organiser/" aria-label="Read more about Meeting with Seymour ‘pointless’, says protest hīkoi organiser">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2022
By Conan Young , Local Democracy Reporting editor This year was another huge one for Local Democracy Reporting, with our reporters at the forefront of uncovering some of the biggest stories in their regions. Felix Desmarais in Rotorua exposed hitherto secret plans by the council to revoke the reserve status of seven council reserves, paving ... <a title="Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s top 2022 stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/28/local-democracy-reporting-secret-plans-health-chaos-climate-change-among-nzs-top-2022-stories/" aria-label="Read more about Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s top 2022 stories">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
COMMENT: By Shilo Kino What were you doing during the foreshore and seabed hīkoi in 2004? I wish I could say I was at the protest, gripping the hem of Nana’s dress while she raised her fist in the air, marching for sovereignty, echoing the cries of our tīpuna who were fighting for the very same ... <a title="‘Your mana diminishes every time you turn on the news’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/your-mana-diminishes-every-time-you-turn-on-the-news/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Your mana diminishes every time you turn on the news’">Read more</a>
