The Kanaka Maoli delegation to Waitangi w/ Ka Lāhui Hawai'i spokesperson Healani Sonoda-Pale: 4th February, 2026

This week, political, cultural, and community leaders have been gathering in Waitangi to commemorate the signing of Te Tiriti. 

However, recent attacks on Te Tiriti, Te Reo Māori, and Te Ao Māori by the New Zealand coalition government are front of mind for many.

Ka Lāhui Hawai’i, a Kanaka Maoli initiative calling for self-determination and self-governance in Hawai’i, have sent a seventeen-member delegation to show solidarity with Māori.

To understand the demonstration of indigenous solidarity this delegation represents, as well as the ongoing colonial attacks on indigenous peoples across the Pacific, Producer Theo spoke to the spokesperson for Ka Lāhui Hawai’i, Healani Sonoda-Pale.