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

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...

Controversial legislation revises the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi granting Maori tribes land rights. Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march towards New Zealand’s capital over a ...

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...

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

Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty ...

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

Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

In a dramatic showdown, New Zealand's parliament saw a vote suspended and two lawmakers ejected as tensions flared over a ...

Christopher Luxon replied: "What I'd say to that member is that many commentators have said in a post-Treaty settlement world it's quite a legitimate question to ask what the role of the Waitangi ...

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

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs. It paved the way for British annexation of New Zealand while requiring the Crown to protect Maori ...