The preference is for one commercial settlement but the government says it's open to recognising cultural groups under that.

Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up whether to allow mining of the ocean floor for metal ores and minerals. New ...

Te Tiriti Embedding: All regulation and policy should explicitly reference and operationalise Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This ...

When you visit New Zealand, you’ll likely be greeted with “Kia ora,” a Māori-language welcome widely adopted by the country’s ...

Pita Tipene, chair of the Waitangi National Trust is stepping down.

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka ...

The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ...

The harsh penalty was handed down to three members of the opposition who said they were voicing their community’s displeasure with proposed legislation.

From their first encounters with Europeans in 1642 to the Musket Wars in the first half of the 19th century, the Māori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand, actively resisted British rule, both ...

New Zealand's Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, designed to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, with a vote of 112 to 11. The bill sparked significant ...