The politics of reconciliation in New Zealand

Ann SullivanAuthor biographyAnn Sullivan is Ngāpuhi, the co-Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa, School of Māori and Pacific Development at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, She is a Political Scientist specialising in Māori politics and Māori representation and electoral behaviour, Much of her work focuses on public policy issues and she co-edited Indigenous Politics, ECPR Press

Political Science

Published online on December 01, 2016

Abstract

Political Science, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 124-142, December 2016.
Reconciliation in New Zealand involves recognition, reparations and an apology for past injustices relating to breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. In 1840, Māori and the British Crown signed a treaty that promised a beneficial relationship to both ...