Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand’s capital against a ... signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, was a guarantee of Maori rights and ...

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 ...

New Zealand's parliament issued Thursday its longest-ever suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers for performing a ...

Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were each banned for 21 days, while Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ...

“A chief who has passed to the great beyond. Rest in love.” The Kiingitanga – Maori King movement – was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting New Zealand’s Indigenous Maori under a ...

Three Maori MPs have been suspended from New Zealand’s parliament for performing a haka during a sitting last year. On ...

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks on Thursday over a protest haka they ...

The Treaty Principles Bill sought to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, signed between Maori chiefs and British representatives in 1840. Many critics saw the bill as an attempt to wind ...