Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 16, 2017 17:24:32 GMT 12
MĀORI PARLIAMENT'S 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
Iwi and officials from across the country gathered yesterday to honour the 100 year anniversary of the Kiingitanga Māori Parliament.
A selection of archival manuscripts and photographs created by members of the Māori Parliament were also exhibited for the first time to mark the centennial milestone.
On 14 September 1917, the Kiingitanga opened their Māori Parliament at Rukumoana Marae on the outskirts of Morrinsville.
After Tainui was devastated by large scale land confiscation, the second Māori king, Kingi Tāwhiao, proposed a separate Māori Parliament and asked the crown for an independent commission of inquiry into land confiscation.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/339496/maori-parliament-s-100-year-anniversary-celebrated
Iwi and officials from across the country gathered yesterday to honour the 100 year anniversary of the Kiingitanga Māori Parliament.
A selection of archival manuscripts and photographs created by members of the Māori Parliament were also exhibited for the first time to mark the centennial milestone.
On 14 September 1917, the Kiingitanga opened their Māori Parliament at Rukumoana Marae on the outskirts of Morrinsville.
After Tainui was devastated by large scale land confiscation, the second Māori king, Kingi Tāwhiao, proposed a separate Māori Parliament and asked the crown for an independent commission of inquiry into land confiscation.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/339496/maori-parliament-s-100-year-anniversary-celebrated