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 ...

A heated protest erupted in New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday as Maori lawmakers performed a haka to oppose a ...

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...

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

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...

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.

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

Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.