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Is the Treaty of Waitangi still fit for purpose?

15 February 2025

9:00 AM

15 February 2025

9:00 AM

New Zealand has just been through the annual bout of anguished breast-beating that marks the anniversary of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

Actually, that’s not entirely correct. The breast-beating is largely confined to the ritualised political theatre that unfolds in the idyllic coastal setting of Waitangi, in the country’s far north.

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