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November 28, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s hīkoi against the Treaty Principles Bill could be one of the largest rallies that the capital has seen for years, Wellington City Council says. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti will arrive in Wellington tomorrow, and locals are being warned to expect disruption and plan ahead. Yesterday, about 5000 people filled the ... <a title="Hīkoi day 7: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/hikoi-day-7-significant-disruption-expected-when-thousands-converge-on-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day 7: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2024
RNZ News For almost six decades photographer John Miller (Ngāpuhi) has been a protest photographer in Aotearoa New Zealand. From his first photographs of an anti-Vietnam War protest on Auckland’s Albert Street as a high school student in 1967, to Hīkoi mō te Tiriti last week, Miller has focused much of his work on the ... <a title="Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/24/protest-photographer-john-miller-records-hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-with-his-historic-lens/" aria-label="Read more about Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens ">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: In The Hague, the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during Israel’s assault on Gaza. In a statement, the ICC said the Israeli leaders had, “intentionally and knowingly deprived the ... <a title="‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC arrest warrants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/wanted-for-war-crimes-over-gaza-israels-netanyahu-gallant-face-icc-arrest-warrants/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC arrest warrants">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
An overview for our international readers of Asia Pacific Report. BACKGROUNDER: By Sarah Shamim A fight for Māori indigenous rights drew more than 50,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington yesterday. A nine-day-long Hīkoi, or peaceful march — a Māori tradition — was undertaken in protest against a bill that seeks ... <a title="Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/why-nz-is-protesting-over-colonial-era-treaty-bill-a-global-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
RNZ News International media coverage of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national Hīkoi to Parliament has largely focused on the historic size of the turnout in Wellington yesterday and the wider contention between Māori and the Crown. Some, including The New York Times, have also pointed out the recent swing right with the election of the coalition ... <a title="Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national Hīkoi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/bill-would-render-the-treaty-worthless-world-reacts-to-national-hikoi/" aria-label="Read more about Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national Hīkoi">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News journalist Aotearoa New Zealand’s capital Wellington Pōneke turned into a sea of black, white and red today, as more than 42,000 people supporting te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti overflowed Parliament’s lawn and onto the streets. Supporters then headed to Waitangi Park, where a post-hīkoi concert took place. Thousands of supporters ... <a title="‘What’s good for Māori is good for everyone’ – Hīkoi ends with peaceful protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/whats-good-for-maori-is-good-for-everyone-hikoi-ends-with-peaceful-protest/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What’s good for Māori is good for everyone’ – Hīkoi ends with peaceful protest">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
RNZ News More than 35,000 people today gathered as Aotearoa New Zealand’s Hīkoi mō te Tiriti overflowed from Parliament’s grounds and onto nearby streets in the capital Wellington Pōneke. Eru Kapa-Kingi told the crowd “Māori nation has been born” today and that “Te Tiriti is forever”. ACT leader David Seymour was met with chants of ... <a title="Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/hikoi-day-9-35000-join-as-treaty-principles-bill-protest-reaches-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches Parliament">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
ACT leader David Seymour has spoken out on Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s haka in Parliament as a Hīkoi against his controversial Treaty Principles Bill converges on Wellington. The Te Pāti Māori MP was suspended for 24 hours and “named” for leading the haka during the first reading of the bill last Thursday. Seymour told reporters the haka ... <a title="Hikoī day 8: Te Pāti Māori co-leader speaks of ‘sense of betrayal’ over bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/hikoi-day-8-te-pati-maori-co-leader-speaks-of-sense-of-betrayal-over-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Hikoī day 8: Te Pāti Māori co-leader speaks of ‘sense of betrayal’ over bill">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s hīkoi against the Treaty Principles Bill could be one of the largest rallies that the capital has seen for years, Wellington City Council says. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti will arrive in Wellington tomorrow, and locals are being warned to expect disruption and plan ahead. Yesterday, about 5000 people filled the ... <a title="Hīkoi day 8: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/hikoi-day-8-significant-disruption-expected-when-thousands-converge-on-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day 8: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2024
By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term damage to the environment, create conflict and add to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a feasibility study document for the Papua region mega-project. The 96-page presentation reviewed by Radio Free ... <a title="Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/17/survey-warning-on-papua-box-ticking-mega-estates-project-goes-unheeded/" aria-label="Read more about Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2024
RNZ News Thousands of people have joined the national hīkoi opposing the Treaty Principles Bill as it progresses south, with supporters lining State Highway 10 as it passes through Kerikeri en route to Kawakawa. Leaders of a hīkoi against David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill have rejected the ACT party leader’s offer of a meeting as ... <a title="Meeting with Seymour ‘pointless’, say protest hīkoi organisers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/16/meeting-with-seymour-pointless-say-protest-hikoi-organisers/" aria-label="Read more about Meeting with Seymour ‘pointless’, say protest hīkoi organisers">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2024
RNZ News A former New Zealand prime minister, Dame Jenny Shipley, has warned the ACT Party is “inviting civil war” with its attempt to define the principles of the 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday, voted for by ruling coalition ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/16/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-inviting-civil-war-says-former-pm-shipley/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley">Read more</a>
