Tania Simpson intends to hit the ground running in what will ultimately be a short term due to the trust's rules.

The reviewers of all Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation include three lawyers and a director, and will be expected to ...

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. It paved the way for British annexation of New Zealand while requiring the Crown to protect ...

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.

Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's founding document: The Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon bucked tradition by choosing not ...

On Feb. 6 1840, representatives of the British Crown and 500 Māori tribal leaders signed a treaty at Waitangi, in New Zealand's far north, agreeing to the terms of their relationship.

The Government maintains it wants to settle with Ngāpuhi by 2040, amid warnings a New Zealand First bill forcing the iwi into a single settlement “closes t ...

It talks about Queen Victoria’s role in establishing the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi and criticises the Crown’s historical breaches of its promises, noting that while Maori-Crown relations had ...

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. It paved the way for British annexation of New Zealand while requiring the Crown to protect ...

The Treaty of Waitangi “is not about racial privilege or racial superiority,” said opposition lawmaker Willie Jackson. “It is and always has been about legal rights Māori have in their ...