A proposed bill would revise the country's foundational treaty with Maori people and is hugely unpopular. Here's what to know ...

The Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document, takes its name from the Bay of Islands location.

Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill ...

New Zealand's parliament engages in a heated debate over a controversial bill attempting to reinterpret the Treaty of ...

But the most consequential reform is being championed by ACT leader David Seymour, who wants to redefine the interpretation of New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi (Te ...

The principles in the draft legislation – officially the “Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill” – include that the Government has the power to govern in the interests of everyone and ...

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds welcomes the government’s announcement of regional infrastructure funding to support significant repairs and upgrades at Aotearoa New Zealand's most important ...

Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which has been fundamental to race relations in New Zealand.

The bill calls for a reinterpretation of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti) signed between the British colonial ruler and around 500 Indigenous Māori chiefs. Over the past 184 years, the treaty ...

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 ...