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.

MPs from the Finance and Expenditure committee hearing arguments in opposition and support of what has beendubbed by some the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...

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, lays down how the two parties agreed to govern. The interpretation of clauses in this ...

The Treaty of Waitangi, first signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, was a guarantee of Maori rights and autonomy and resulted in the creation of New Zealand ...

New Zealand gathers to celebrate and debate country's founding document on national day Protesters in Christchurch and Wellington demand Treaty of Waitangi be honoured Concern government policies ...

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 ...