As Aotearoa New Zealand approaches its 2025 local elections, the future of Māori wards- special council seats designed to improve Māori representation-is under intense debate. A recent law requires ...

The Waitangi Tribunal has granted iwi a hearing into the way the Fast-track Approvals Act has been used to seek approval to ...

As Te Mana Raraunga (the Māori Data Sovereignty Network) advocates, data is a living taonga (treasure), is of strategic value ...

The NZCTU opposes the Regulatory Standards Bill in the strongest terms.The "principles of responsible regulation" set out in the Bill reflect the ...

Monday 23 June 2025 marks the closing of the select committee submission period on the controversial Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB), introduced by ACT’s David Seymour ...

Relations improved with the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 which called for reparations ... He’s one of the five founding members of the TUKU Collective, an organization of Māori ...

New Zealand's Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, designed to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, with a vote of 112 to 11. The bill sparked significant ...

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.

The sweeping reinterpretation of the 1840 treaty signed by British representatives and 500 Māori chiefs during New Zealand’s colonization was never expected to become law.