INTERVIEW: SBS reporter Liz Maddock is at the annual treaty meeting at Waitangi in New Zealand's North Island

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New Zealand's coalition government, led by Chris Luxon, has travelled to Waitangi on New Zealand's North Island for the annual treaty meeting, or powhiri, with Maori leaders. There was a tense atmosphere in the crowd after a summer of protest against government plans which many see as threatening Maori rights. SBS reporter Liz Maddock is in Waitangi and described the atmosphere on the ground.