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Sunday, November 30, 2025

Breaking Views Update: Week of 30.11.25







Sunday November 30, 2025 

News:
Leaving Treaty out of geothermal strategy a breach - Waitangi Tribunal

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown's decision to exclude the Treaty from a draft geothermal development strategy would be a Treaty breach.

The Tribunal found that protection was not integrated in the action plan.

"On the specific issue of kaitiakitanga, the report notes that the Treaty principle of active protection requires the Crown to actively protect taonga, and that this is a particularly serious issue in a strategy designed to double geothermal energy in 15 years.

"The Tribunal further found that the strategy concerns the development of geothermal taonga of immense significance to Māori, the exercise by Māori of tino rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga in respect of those taonga, and Crown-Māori cooperation on a major economic development platform.

"The Tribunal therefore found that the Crown's decision to exclude the Treaty from the strategy would be a Treaty breach......
See full article HERE

Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform
Māori Queen Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po has launched the 'Kotahitanga Fund', a new multi-million-dollar Māori investment platform.

Te Arikinui made the announcement at the inaugural Ōhanga ki te Ao Māori Economic Summit in Hamilton on Saturday.

In her closing address, Te Arikinui said she was proud to launch the initiative as a "declaration" that Māori were ready to invest in "ourselves, in our brilliance and in the future we choose".....
See full article HERE

Propaganda:
Māori voice at risk under mayoral panel plan, says Horizons councillor

‘Mana motuhake Māori – Māori sovereignty’: Labour sets out ambitious pitch to win back Māori seats

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