by Danny Keenan | Dec 28, 2018 | Flying the Fern
Throughout the 1990s, claims continued to be filed with the Waitangi Tribunal at a hectic pace with Māori continuing to place confidence in the Tribunal, especially with Jurist Eddie Durie appointed as Chairman of a much-expanded Tribunal membership. One issue...
by Danny Keenan | Oct 24, 2018 | Campaigns
Where King Tawhiao carried a ‘terrible burden’ for all Māori New Zealand’s Land Wars were lost by Māori in the Waikato, in 1863. Here is an extract from an essay Danny Keenan published in 2001, arguing that, for Māori, the critical battle was...
by Danny Keenan | Sep 15, 2018 | Consequences
The Māori Population When Pākehā first arrived in New Zealand, the Māori population by some estimates stood at about 90,000 people, spread all over Aotearoa though most lived near the coast. By the time the war at Waitara began in 1860, the Māori population had fallen...
by Danny Keenan | Sep 4, 2018 | Causes
Causing Wars Wars come about for many reasons. Some of those reasons are ‘general’ or ‘background’ in nature, such as, in the case of the New Zealand Wars, issues of land competition, the pressures of immigration and differences in political...
by Danny Keenan | Aug 1, 2018 | Hidden Article
The sad passing of Koro Wetere on 23 June 2018 marked quite a milestone for Māori politics, and Māori history. As a Minister in the reforming Fourth Labour Government, Wetere had his hands on significant pieces of legislation, not least that affecting the Waitangi...
