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 ...

The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible ...

"The government's own lawyers recognise the bill would at first blush undermine Māori people's rights," a law professor says.

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill ...

The Treaty Principles Bills will face its first vote on Thursday afternoon in what is expected to be a heated session in Parliament. Opposition politicians will first grill members of the Government, ...

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds are an important storehouse for many significant taonga, including objects loaned by descendants ...

Timed to coincide with the first reading of the contentious Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill on Thursday, the hikoi and other similar protests are a response to what many perceive as a ...

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

Associate Justice Minister David Seymour has announced that the Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in ...