12 December 2024 - Māori leaders appeal to King Charles to save 1840 treaty
New Zealand opposition parties back Māori plea to King Charles
Eva Corlett (The Guardian, 12/12/2024)
New Zealand’s opposition parties have thrown their support behind a letter appealing to King Charles III to intervene in New Zealand’s politics amid tensions over the government’s policies for Māori.
Press Release: National Iwi Chairs Forum Open Letter to King Charles
(Waatea News, 12/12/2024)
In an open letter sent last week, the National Iwi Chairs Forum of Aotearoa/New Zealand sought King Charles’s support and intervention.
King Charles asked to intervene in Treaty dispute by Iwi Chairs Forum
Te Ao Māori News (The New Zealand Herald, 11/12/2024)
The Iwi Chairs Forum has written to King Charles III, who is both king of New Zealand and Commonwealth countries including the UK, for help upholding the honour of the second Treaty of Waitangi party, the Crown.
Māori leaders pen open letter calling on King Charles III to stop coalition's 'attack' on Te Tiriti o Waitangi
(RNZ, 12/12/2024)
More than 500 leaders from dozens of iwi and Māori groups have signed an open letter to King Charles III asking him to intervene over the government's policies relating to Māori.
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