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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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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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