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

With select committee hearings complete, the many submitters who called for the bill to be thrown out are destined for ...

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.

Wharehoka Wano Ngā Iwi o Taranaki: “The Coalition Government has no intention of maintaining the honour of the Crown,” citing ...

Thousands are marching against a bill they believe undermines the Treaty of Waitangi and limits Maori rights.

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 ...

Starship children’s hospital leaders have spoken against removing Treaty of Waitangi provisions from child protection laws, saying it would make their job much more difficult. Clinical and child ...

A Waitangi Tribunal report has found David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill is unfair, discriminatory and needs to be abandoned.

For decades after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, differences between the English and Māori texts and breaches by New Zealand governments intensified the disenfranchisement of Māori.

Mass protests were held in New Zealand this week over an effort to weaken the rights of the Maori, who often serve as environmental stewards.