Why New Zealand’s Founding Treaty Is in Focus as Thousands Protest for Māori Rights
A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people has triggered political turmoil.
New Zealand's founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
Police say tens of thousands of people have arrived at New Zealand's Parliament in protest of a proposed law that would ...
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill ...
What now for the Treaty Principles Bill?
"Kill the bill" was the cry from the hīkoi as it stood before Parliament - and that's likely to happen with National and NZ ...
Treaty Principles Bill: The principles need to remain tied to the historical Treaty - Dr Samuel Carpenter
That Treaty predates the emergence of our parliamentary democracy and the even later emergence of full adult suffrage as ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, Act claim victory over response to haka in Parliament
Te Pāti Māori and the Act Party are claiming victory over the response to a video from Thursday’s Treaty Principles Bill ...
42,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi reaches Parliament
By mid-afternoon today 42,000 people gathered at the Parliamentary precinct and the surrounding streets, police say.
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, ...
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New Zealand government’s racially divisive Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, or Treaty Principles Bill, introduced by the ACT Party, passed its first ...
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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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 ...