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Waitangi Day: Labour s Māori caucus met with small protest over land sale at Te Tii Marae
1 Feb, 2021 10:25 PM
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Protesters opposed to the sale of former public land at Ōpua to a developer met Labour s Māori caucus MPs as they arrived at Te Tii Marae, Waitangi, today.
Protesters opposed to the sale of former public land at Ōpua to a developer met Labour s Māori caucus MPs as they arrived at Te Tii Marae, Waitangi, today.
Northern Advocate
Labour s Māori caucus have been given a reminder of the aspirations of Te Tai Tokerau and have been met with protesters as they went to Waitangi s the Tii Marae today.
Labour returns to Waitangi s Te Tii Marae after three-year absence
2 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Labour MPs file through the gate of Te Tii Marae for the first time in three years. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
The Labour Party has been welcomed back to Te Tii Marae for the first time in three years after a break which MPs say has allowed silliness and personality politics to be taken out of the annual Waitangi commemorations.
The MPs were led on to the marae by the party s Māori caucus and the whānau of the late Rudy Taylor, a Ngāpuhi leader and Labour loyalist whose wanted to see the party return to one of the country s most historically significant whare hui.