Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations amid rising tensions over proposed legal changes ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met with iwi and Māori trusts in Northland today to discuss further unlocking the region’s ...

The anniversary of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, has passed in a muted fashion.

In 2020, she was appointed to the Waitangi National Trust, a body that advises on the signing place of the Treaty of Waitangi, the 1840 governance agreement between the British Crown and Maori ...

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 ...

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in two languages, English and Maori, and "each contains differing language that has long sparked debate over how the treaty is defined and interpreted," said CNN.

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

The Treaty Principles Bill Is Already Straining Social Cohesion in New Zealand A referendum on the issue of Maori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi could be even more divisive.

The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, signed between hundreds of Maori chiefs and the British crown, lays down a set of principles under which the two parties agreed to govern.

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.