The Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document, takes its name from the Bay of Islands location.

Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill ...

Thousands of marchers descended upon New Zealand’s largest city on Wednesday as part of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the ...

New Zealand's parliament engages in a heated debate over a controversial bill attempting to reinterpret the Treaty of ...

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill ...

The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible ...

"The government's own lawyers recognise the bill would at first blush undermine Māori people's rights," a law professor says.

Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty ...

A former prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...

A heated protest erupted in New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday as Maori lawmakers performed a haka to oppose a controversial bill aiming to redefine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. Seahawks center ...

In a dramatic showdown, New Zealand's parliament saw a vote suspended and two lawmakers ejected as tensions flared over a ...