The reviewers of all Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation include three lawyers and a director, and will be expected to ...

The Waitangi Tribunal released a report on August 16 saying that it found the bill “breached the Treaty principles of partnership and reciprocity, active protection, good government, equity ...

Members of Parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Why is a 180-year-old treaty being debated? Considered New Zealand's founding document, the treaty was signed between representatives of the British Crown and 500 Māori chiefs during colonization.

A Waitangi Tribunal report has found David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill is unfair, discriminatory and needs to be abandoned. ZB Choose a region Site search ...

Over 150 New Zealand organisations on Monday released an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon calling for work to stop on a contentious bill that would define in statute the principles of ...

Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which guide the relationship between the government and Māori, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and protect ...

Prompted by a surging Māori protest movement, for the past 50 years the courts of New Zealand, lawmakers and the Waitangi Tribunal -– a permanent body set up to adjudicate treaty matters ...

Starship children's hospital at Auckland City Hospital. Photo / Greg Bowker. Starship children’s hospital leaders have spoken against removing Treaty of Waitangi provisions from child protection ...