A coalition of Māori health experts and advocates is calling for the Waitangi Tribunal to urgently hear a complaint on the government's planned repeal of changes to smokefree legislation. The ...

The ACT Party fought to have a Treaty of Waitangi clause stripped out of amended education legislation - but was overruled.

The three performed the haka last November ahead of a vote on a bill that would have reinterpreted the 185-year-old Treaty of Waitangi between the British and Indigenous Māori that still guides ...

In Seymour’s view, what the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 came up with “is not consistent with the New Zealand you see today, the New Zealand you see today is a modern, multi-ethnic, liberal ...

Conservation Minister Tama Potaka and DoC are subject to court action after an iwi alleges the Crown breached Treaty of Waitangi obligations with its Ruapehu ski field deals.

The Waitangi Tribunal has officially accepted Ngāti Ruanui’s claim challenging the fast‑tracking of seabed mining approvals ...

A fire signalling Tai Rāwhiti hapū Ngāti Oneone's call for the return of their ancestral lands has been burning for over six ...

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

And today, we are inches away from the 60 signatures for ratification.” What is the High Seas Treaty and why does it matter? The High Seas Treaty - also referred to as the Biodiversity Beyond National ...

A landmark international treaty to protect the high seas is on the brink of receiving the 60 ratifications needed to become binding international law, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron's news on Monday of 50 governments having ratified the treaty means it is still short by 10 signatures. The treaty will enter into force 120 days after 60 countries have ratified it.