New Zealand and Canada have signed a collaboration arrangement to improve outcomes for Indigenous peoples, both governments announced on Wednesday. New Zealand Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson and Canadian Minister for Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu signed the agreement in Wellington during Hajdu’s week-long visit to the small island nation. The purpose of the arrangement…
New Zealand and Canada Sign an Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement
August 25, 2022
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Not About Race, but Power: Maori on New Zealand’s Co-Governance Agenda
The push to give the Indigenous people of New Zealand an equal voice in government and various bodies has devolved into a power-grabbing contest between a small group of affluent individuals, according to a Maori commentator. Casey Costello, a founding trustee of lobby group Hobson’s Pledge, told The Epoch Times that the policy of “co-governance”…
Ardern Government Unveils Unprecedented Spending in 2022 Budget
May 19, 2022
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The New Zealand government has revealed its 2022 budget on May 19, with a focus on relieving cost-of-living and record health investment. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government had set out to give people as much certainty and security as possible in the budget. “That is what we have set out to do in…
New Zealand Students to Learn Country’s History in New Curriculum
All New Zealand students will learn about their country’s own history from 2023 after years of advocacy from history teachers. Schools will now be required to teach students about the Treaty of Waitangi, how immigration has shaped the national identity, and about colonialism in the Pacific and the role New Zealand played in it. In addition,…
New Zealand to Halt Removal of ‘At Risk’ Children From Families
WELLINGTON—New Zealand said on Wednesday it will put a virtual halt to the practice of taking at-risk children away from their families, a policy that has long angered its indigenous Maori community. Children deemed to be facing harm have been moved into state care for decades despite Maori criticism that the process is racially skewed…
Land of the Long White Cloud
In this episode, we will explore New Zealand, also called Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. This documentary takes us to this beautiful island, which was formerly uninhabited, then colonized by the Maori People 1,000 years ago. About Mythical Roads: Whether remote or packed with tourists, recent or old, famous or forgotten, certain…
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