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"The [ACT party's] Regulatory Standards Bill threatens to upend the entire framework under which Māori have been able to challenge corporate infringement of Indigenous rights here in Aotearoa.

Indeed, given the bill’s broadly defined principles, which serve as the ideological measuring stick against which all legislation must conform, there is the real possibility that its passage could open the door to corporations suing the government for regulations that protect Indigenous rights.

Even more perversely, Māori groups may be required to reimburse corporations for any loss to their profits that results from government regulation that protects the environment and Indigenous land claims."

e-tangata.co.nz/uncategorised/

E-Tangata · How the Regulatory Standards Bill gives companies more rights than the public | E-Tangata“The bill may very well open the door for corporations to force Māori to pay for their own exploitation and the erasure of their Indigenous rights and lands.” — Ryan Ward.
#NZpol#KillTheRSB#Maori
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Jeremy Buffer Jones :tinoflag:

@Ulan_KA @slanecartoon

Hi Ulan, the post is simply a link to the newspaper page displaying the cartoon published by the NZ Herald newspaper.
If you’re interested in the subject of the #NZPol government threatening the founding document of #Aotearoa #NewZealand #TeTiritiOWaitangi which is a treaty signed by a majority of #Māori rangatira (chiefs) and the British Crown to grant the right of British people to settle in NZ. Some other hashtags you could use to find out more are #TreatyPrinciplesBill #DavidSeymour #AtlasNetwork #Act #ToitūTeTiriti #TePātiMāori #TreatyOfWaitangi #Haka

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DoomsdaysCW

How uproar over a #Māori #haka, beloved in #NewZealand life, sowed chaos and gridlock in Parliament

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY
Updated 7:33 AM EDT, May 20, 2025

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — "The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races. Spine-tingling performances at sports events, funerals and graduations often go viral online, a non-partisan point of pride for the country abroad.

"But one haka performed in protest in New Zealand’s Parliament by three legislators last November has provoked fierce division among lawmakers about whether it was an act of peaceful dissent, or disruptive and even intimidating to their opponents.

"A vote to approve unprecedented, lengthy bans from Parliament for the Māori party lawmakers who enacted the protest was unexpectedly suspended on Tuesday. Debate will resume in June, when it threatens to gridlock the legislative agenda until politicians from all parties reach consensus on what the punishment should be.

What is the haka?

"The haka was once viewed as a war dance, but that understanding has changed in New Zealand as it has been embraced in a range of celebratory, somber and ceremonial settings. It’s an expression of Māori identity and while sacred, it can be performed by people of any race who are educated by Māori in the words, movements and cultural protocols."

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"Last November’s protest wasn’t the first time a haka has rung out in Parliament. Performances regularly follow the passage of laws important to Māori.

"But some lawmakers decried this one for two reasons: because the legislators from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, left their seats and strode across the floor toward government politicians while performing it, and because it disrupted the vote on a proposed law.

"When asked how the Māori party would vote on a bill they said would dismantle #IndigenousRights, Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke – New Zealand’s youngest parliamentarian, at 22 – tore up a copy of the law and began the haka, joined by two of her colleagues.

"The law, an attempt to rewrite New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribal leaders and the British crown, was widely unpopular and has since been defeated. But for six months, a committee of the lawmakers’ peers have fought furiously about how — or whether — their protest of it should be punished."

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apnews.com/article/haka-maori-

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Jeremy Buffer Jones :tinoflag:

Excusing the use of AI this short summary of #TeTiritiOWaitangi and its relevance to the recent #Haka performed in parliament by Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi and other MPs.in protest to the dishonorable colonial supremacist #TreatyPrinciplesBill being introduced into #Aotearoa #NewZealand parliament as a government bill, is a very good way of explaining the history of #Māori, tangata whenua (people of the land) and tangata tiriti (people of the treaty) and the failure of this #NZPol government to honour the treaty. #ToituTeTiriti

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