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Sunday, November 2, 2025

Breaking Views Update: Week of 2.11.25







Sunday November 2, 2025 

News:
Landmark case over water rights

On Monday a landmark case will begin in the High Court in Wellington over fresh water.

A coalition, Te Wai Manawa Whenua is representing Māori landowners, hapu and iwi.

The coalition says it is responding to decades of broken promises, including the Crown's assurance to the Supreme Court in 2012, to address the first-in, first-served freshwater allocation practice, they say ignores Māori authority and guardianship.....
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First hui of board representing interests of mountain’s legal personhood held
The inaugural meeting of the board which acts as the human face and voice of Taranaki Maunga and its peaks was held on Friday.

Te Tōpuni Kōkōrangi, which is made up of four Crown appointments and four representatives of the eight iwi of Taranaki, was set up following the completion of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement related to the maunga.....
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Ōtāhuhu students carve history with new wharenui
Ōtāhuhu College has opened its new wharenui, Te Tāhuhu, a haven carved by staff and students to reflect the school’s commitment to embrace and uphold te ao Māori.

Last Monday marked the dawn opening of Te Tāhuhu, which took seven months to build and carve. Mason has worked toward its creation for the past six years.

While not the first marae built on school grounds, Mason says it was important to build a new whare and to place it at the front of the school, where it rightfully belongs.....
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Articles:
Steven Gaskell: The Great Treaty “Principles” Mirage

Geoff Parker: It's Time To Enforce The Law - Equally

Matua Kahurangi: David Seymour exposes the fraud of the anti-colonial crusade

Propaganda:
Time 100 Next Award: Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke recognised in New York for influential leadership

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