That Treaty predates the emergence of our parliamentary democracy and the even later emergence of full adult suffrage as ...

Anaru Eketone is an associate professor in social and community work at the University of Otago and a columnist for the Otago ...

"Kill the bill" was the cry from the hīkoi as it stood before Parliament - and that's likely to happen with National and NZ ...

Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and dilutes the ...

A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people has triggered political turmoil.

A nine-day-long Hīkoi, or peaceful march — a Māori tradition — was undertaken in protest against a bill that seeks to ...

Timed to coincide with the first reading of the contentious Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill yesterday — it passed ...

Much coverage has focussed on the protest that followed the speeches - but they themselves were enthusiastic, outraged, angry, even despairing.

By mid-afternoon today 42,000 people gathered at the Parliamentary precinct and the surrounding streets, police say.

The Justice Committee has called for public submissions on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. The closing date ...

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