Prominent historian accuses Government of ‘war on history’ amid cuts at ministry The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is disestablishing four out of five senior historian roles as part of a wider restructure.

"when you see it on top of all of the changes to the #NZ #history curriculum, slashing humanities #research through the Marsden fund, the repeated attacks on the #WaitangiTribunal, there's a whole range of things that together...amount to a war on history" #nzpol
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Prominent historian accuses Government of ‘war on history’ amid cuts at ministry The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is disestablishing four out of five senior historian roles as part of a wider restructure.

When you see it on top of all of the changes to the #NZ #history curriculum, slashing humanities #research through the Marsden fund, the repeated attacks on #WaitangiTribunal, there's a whole range of things that together amount to a war on history effectively #nzpol
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Cartoon. Title: Waitangi Tribunal Here we have Tama Potaka grappling with a huge long tail of a huge Taniwha trying to get it back into the genie lamp on the ground by his feet. The Taniwha is wearing a traditional korowai and its arms are casually wrapped over each other. Its demeanour is one of power and happiness. Tama is saying to the Taniwha genie, "The masters want you back in your place!" And the relaxed Taniwha says, "Too late for that e hoa! This genie ain't goin' anywhere!"

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

The Waitangi Tribunal has more support than this government acknowledges. It won't be put out to pasture like some want or believe. The Taniwha Genie is out.

#WaitangiTribunal #NzPol #Genie #TamaPotaka #Taniwha #Maori #Māori

colour selfie of three tangata whenua, smiling after a HARD AF massive day at a Waitangi Tribunal Urgent Hearing.

screenshot from IG @taniawaikatolawyer on 14 May 2025 at 7:30pm. "The hardest working team in Tamaki! Ka nui te mihi me te aroha ki a @luke.redward @ashley johns and to Shontelle and Darrell for all your hard mahi on the @toitute tiriti you smashed it out the park under VERY URGENT circumstances. Thank you to our Toitu whanau and every single one of you that registered, in the end we were 18,000 plus strong today baby! He mihi nui rawa hoki ki nga kaiture me nga kai kemme katoa e tautoko ana i te kaupapa whakahirahira kia patu ai i te Regulatory Standards Bill. The Waitangi Tribunal is a constitutional bastion for our people. And for fifty years they have been there for us. Today was no different. And if people like Richard Prebble think they're gonna pass this stupid bill and shut it down, you got another thing coming. We ain't done. We're just getting started ♥️🖤🤍🫡🫡🫡😤😤😤🪓🪓🪓".

14 May, 7:30pm @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social

#WaitangiTribunal "For 50yrs they have been there for us. Today was no different. And if people like Prebble think they're gonna pass this stupid bill & shut it down, you got another thing coming. We ain't done. We're just getting started ♥️🖤🤍🫡🫡🫡😤😤😤🪓🪓🪓"

Following on from undermining, under urgency, the current #PayEquity scheme the #NZGovt introduces the #RegulatoryStandardsBill. Its clear intention is to sideline #WaitangiTribunal by bringing forward the #RSB to undermine a Waitangi Tribunal hearing: #nzpol thestandard.org.nz/get-ready-fo...

screenshot IG @maori_party 9 May 2025. “Make no mistake, this review is a continuation of efforts to erase our voices and control the narrative of our dispossession, for the economic benefit of those who desecrate our people and our whenua.” By comparison, last year [MP Tākuta] Ferris introduced a Member’s Bill to strengthen the Tribunal’s powers to make binding recommendations - empowering it, not dismantling it. “This Government already failed with its racist Treaty Principles Bill,” said Ferris. “Te Pāti Māori will continue to stand in the way of any attempt to dismantle our rights and our future as a Treaty nation.”

"@tepaatimaori.bsky.social is absolutely disgusted by the Govt's announcement to review #WaitangiTribunal - a deliberate & dangerous escalation in its ongoing campaign" #ToUndermine #Silence

www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2505/S00082/govts-war-on-te-tiriti-continues-as-review-of-treaty-act-announced.htm

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#WaitangiTribunal #50Years Max Harris, Maui Solomon, Jane Kelsey + some Marlon Williams magic on tonight's episode @moanatribe.bsky.social www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/te-ao-w...

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 questioned

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#WaitangiTribunal #TeReoMāori #NewZealand #IndigenousRights
#Māori

#WaitangiTribunal 50 years

"A people's court" Durie
"They would see themselves" Williams
"If not the Tribunal, then who?" Mahuta
"Where else can you go, in this country, that actually gets you?" Moxon
"Who will it be left to?" Higgins
"They have nowhere else to go" - Chief Judge Fox

#ToitūTeTiriti

A #photography exhibition marking 50 years of the #waitangitribunal opens at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds next week. It includes a few images taken by me. www.waitangi.org.nz/whats-on/tem...

Minister Tama Potaka on Waitangi Tribunal appointments The Minister for Māori Development appointed eight new members, removing well-known Māori academics - which has raised eyebrows. Minister Tama Potaka spoke to Paddy Gower.

Paddy Gower is asking the right questions here. Especially, why Tom Roa? The world needs more wisdom, not less. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #WaitangiTribunal #TeAoMaori #nzpol

Had the honour of meeting Davis Apiti today - the man who brought a claim to the #waitangitribunal to protect #MāuiDolphins. A true kaitiaki.