It talks about Queen Victoria’s role in establishing the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi and criticises the Crown’s historical breaches of its promises, noting that while Maori-Crown relations had ...

On February 6, 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi, also called Te Tiriti o Waitangi or just Te Tiriti, was signed between the British Crown and around 500 Maori chiefs, or rangatira.

The public consultation period for New Zealand’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill, opposed by 400 church leaders and affecting the tenets of the 19th-century Treaty of Waitangi, closed on ...

In 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal was established to hear claims brought by Māori on whether legislation, policies or actions by the Crown breached the treaty principles.

The Treaty of Waitangi, first signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, was a guarantee of ...

On Feb. 6 1840, representatives of the British Crown and 500 Māori tribal leaders signed a treaty at Waitangi, in New Zealand's far north, agreeing to the terms of their relationship.

The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, an 1840 agreement between the British crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, resulted in New Zealand’s Indigenous population being violently ...

Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who started the traditional dance, was suspended for seven days, while her party's co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banned for 21 days.

The bill said Maori have been granted political and legal rights and privileges not afforded to non-Indigenous New Zealanders, due to the way the country's founding treaty has been interpreted. The ...

The bill was proposed by the right-wing Act Party to define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document for upholding Maori rights.

Over 500 Maori chiefs and the British Crown initially signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, outlining their agreed-upon system of governance. Today's laws and policies are based on how the ...

The English and Maori versions of the treaty contain key differences, complicating its application and interpretation, some observers say. To address this, over the last 50 years, lawmakers ...