New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...

The treaty, signed in 1840 by over 500 Maori chiefs and the British Crown, is seen as the cornerstone of Maori rights legislation in New Zealand. The letter, drafted by the National Iwi Chairs ...

Yesterday's session of the Justice select committee was marked by intense debates as it heard submissions on the ...

As the sun rose on the dawn service at Waitangi where the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed between the British Crown and Maori chiefs in 1840, some community leaders called on the government to ...

But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, passed in muted fashion with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon absent from the main commemorations ...

Hundreds of New Zealanders lined up last week to give their oral submissions as the Justice Select Committee hearing for the ...

Tensions are running high on the eve of the country's national day, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the Crown in 1840. On Wednesday was the annual gathering ...

In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi -- New Zealand's founding document -- in which the Crown promised Maori would retain rights to their ...

Having stunned Penrith by returning to New Zealand, James Fisher-Harris says representing the Maori All Stars trumps the World Club Challenge or a trip to Las Vegas.