Prime Minister Christopher Luxon bucked tradition by choosing not to be in Waitangi for the celebrations, instead attending an event in the South Island. This year's commemorations come at a time ...

An iwi leader says the passage through Parliament of the Te Korowai o Wainuiārua Claims Settlement Bill has brought joy to ...

In this photo provided by the New Zealand Department of Conservation a dolphin is tended to at Waitangi, New Zealand ... a ...

an island nation in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Australia. Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and European settlers flooded in.

Away from the tense scenes on the paepae, under a closely guarded canvas tent, te iwi Māori do the real work of Waitangi: talking. We were invited inside to listen.

Three central North Island iwi will gather at Parliament this week to witness the third reading of the bill to settle their ...

The Waitangi Treaty was written and signed 178 ... The Māori carvings at Lake Taupo’s Mine Bay, in central North Island, were created in the late 1970s and represent the passing of skills ...

an island nation in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Australia. Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and European settlers flooded in.

New Zealand's coalition government, led by Chris Luxon, has travelled to Waitangi on New Zealand's North Island for the annual treaty meeting, or powhiri, with Maori leaders.

Luxon's decision not to travel to Waitangi and instead spend the day with the South Island's largest tribe - or iwi in Māori - Ngāi Tahu, also drew a mixed response. His political opponents ...