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Shane Jones defends seabed mining plans amid environmental protests
Mayor insists the community opposes mining, prioritising scientific evidence on harm.
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OPINION: I bit my tongue because the world is burning and you’re fanning the flames.
Editorial: Ok for cops to walk in a Rainbow Parade, but not the Toitū Te Tiriti hīkoi?
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Matthew Hooton: Luxon completely out of his depth
OPINION: From economy to race relations to health, the PM has failed the leadership test.
Audrey Young: Shallow takes on Treaty hīkoi underestimate its power
OPINION: Change is coming – whether critics like it or not.
Te Pāti Māori files complaint against Gerry Brownlee as coalition targets haka
Debbie Ngārewa-Packer says the Speaker has exercised an overuse of power.
Te Pāti Māori files complaint against Brownlee as coalition targets haka
Te Pāti Māori has laid an official complaint against Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee after Tuesday’s hīkoi, Aotearoa’s biggest protest on Parliament grounds.
Barry Soper: The hīkoi was Māori Party's crowning glory
OPINION: Protest and the months that follow it will benefit two diehard political enemies.
Speaker's handling of hīkoi 'overkill' - Te Pāti Māori
More than 40,000 people marched against the Treaty Principles Bill yesterday.
‘Will see the wrath of te ao Māori’: Accusations, warnings in heated debate after hīkoi
It comes as standards in the House are up for debate.
How the world reacted to te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti
And how international media are framing the Treaty Principles Bill debate.
35,000? 50,000? More? The complicated politics of counting a hīkoi
One issue seemed harder to agree on than most - how big the crowd was.
Ryan Bridge: Hīkoi a masterclass in political branding from Te Pāti Māori
OPINION: Behind all the mud-slinging and nonsense, some interesting questions have arisen.
Watch - "Kill the bill": The 35,000 strong hikoi and the reaction from NZ political leaders
Act leader David Seymour believes he wasn't allowed to speak as it would have "deflated" the protest organiser's kaupapa. Video / Ben Dickens
Watch - Wellington shut down: Thousands descend on Parliament
Tens of thousands of people from across the country have converged on the capital. Video / NZ Herald
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MP's haka against Treaty Principles Bill gains a world wide audience
Opinion: The mass march to Wellington is gaining global headlines
OPINION: Māori everywhere take the threats to mana motuhake seriously.
Seymour criticises Maipi-Clarke's haka at Parliament
The Act Leader says the haka 'was designed to get in other people's faces'.
Anaru Eketone: Why do we have to wait six months to kill Treaty bill?
OPINION: Why wait half a year for a bill which is going nowhere?
Shane Jones: Our image on the world stage is being tarnished
OPINION: The extraordinary behaviour of some MPs must be punished.
'It's tough but I'm tougher': Te Tai Tokerau MP reveals challenges of Parliament
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi talks infrastructure, Northland roads and Parliament's challenges.
Letters: Who wins in divisive Treaty debate? Is Parliament haka brave or intimidating?
OPINION: 'Is it now time for our Parliament to accept the occasional haka?'
Up to 30,000 expected: Hīkoi numbers could dwarf 2022 Parliament protest
The hīkoi is expected to be on the scale of the seabed and foreshore hīkoi 20 years ago.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Nats, Labour both fail to read the room on Treaty bill
OPINION: The hīkoi is the opposite of organic. It’s a Māori Party protest.
Shane Te Pou: 'Cowardly' Luxon outplayed by Act on Treaty bill
OPINION: The PM made the decisions that have caused so much fear and hurt.
Haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
Extraordinary display of protest interrupted the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill.
How the world reacted to the Treaty Principles Bill debate
The national hīkoi and Parliament's suspension over a haka are garnering headlines.
'Watching pornos a reason to go to jail': Barbs fly between senior Māori MPs over haka row
Rawiri Waititi defends party's MP after she copped criticism from Shane Jones.
Claire Trevett: Luxon claps back at Seymour Treaty Principles Bill day of drama
OPINION: The first debate on the Treaty Principles Bill was always going to deliver drama.
Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after House suspended for haka, ‘appalling’ disruption
The House was suspended briefly after the haka disrupted voting.