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Waitangi Tribunal Scrapped, Royal Navy Appointed To Trace Polynesian Navigation Routes And Ship Everyone Back In Tiny Wooden Boats

Waitangi Tribunal Scrapped, Royal Navy Appointed To Trace Polynesian Navigation Routes And Ship Everyone Back In Tiny Wooden Boats

May 13, 2025
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Waitangi Tribunal Scrapped, Royal Navy Appointed To Trace Polynesian Navigation Routes And Ship Everyone Back In Tiny Wooden Boats
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WELLINGTON, NZ – New Zealand government has announced the dissolution of the Waitangi Tribunal, replacing it with a Royal Navy-led initiative to “trace Polynesian origins” and deport Māori descendants back to their ancestral homeland in tiny wooden boats.

The announcement, led by ACT Party leader David Seymour, comes amid a controversial review branding the Tribunal an “activist organisation” that has outlived its purpose, and unsure “why these people are still here?”

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