New Zealand’s founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
Thousands of people are marching the length of New Zealand in protest of a proposed law that would redefine the country’s ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, ACT both claim victory over response to haka in Parliament
A video of MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performing 'Ka Mate' has now been viewed around 700 million times, a news media boss ...
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Committee draws short straw to work on Treaty Principles Bill
The Treaty Principles Bill has been handed over to the Justice Select Committee. It's now up to them to shepherd it through a ...
Treaty Principles bill hīkoi pauses to gather steam, before march to Parliament
Final preparations are being made as tens of thousands of people in te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti convoys converge in the capital.
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Treaty Principles Bill: We all have tino rangatiratanga, the right to self-determine, not only Māori – David Seymour
Sadly, there are groups out there who want to nullify the debate. Even those convinced the Treaty Principles Bill will not ...
Treaty Principles Bill: The speeches
Parliament's first reading debate for the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill was an electric affair, but with a few surprisingly lacklustre speeches. The bill's sponsor David Seymour was ...
Prime Minister, please end this silly Treaty Principles Bill fiasco – Anaru Eketone
Anaru Eketone is an associate professor in social and community work at the University of Otago and a columnist for the Otago ...
New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, ...
'Haughtiness and bitterness': David Seymour slates critics of Treaty Principles Bill
Act Party leader David Seymour has hit out at a former prime minister and ex-Treaty negotiations minister who have criticised ...
The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible referendum on the issue would raise the stakes considerably.
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Metiria Turei critiques Treaty Principles Bill
Former Green MP Metiria Turei says National has deviated from its history of reasonably engaging with Māori on constitutional ...
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Treaty Principles Bill Passes First Reading, Promises Debate on Foundational Document
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour has announced that the Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in ...