A controversial bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi has sparked political tensions and a nationwide protest movement in New Zealand. Thousands of people are demonstrating for Māori rights and ...

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 Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. ... And despite wide protest from Māori leaders, others like Mr Seymour, ...

As the Indigenous protest movement surged in the 1970s, lawmakers and the courts slowly began to elucidate what it understood the treaty to promise Māori: partnership with the Crown ...

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 ...

When speaker Gerry Brownlee asked Māori lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke how her party voted in regards to the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, she tore what appeared to be a copy of ...

Since an Indigenous protest movement surged in the 1970s, Treaty considerations have been a growing part ... The Treaty of Waitangi “is not about racial privilege or racial superiority,” said ...

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.

Since an Indigenous protest movement surged in the 1970s, Treaty considerations have ... Luxon also agreed to consider and either replace or repeal mentions of the Treaty of Waitangi throughout ...

Members of Parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Robert ...