The four-page Treaty Principles Bill has been introduced and will be debated in Parliament next week. As with all bills, the text begins with an explanatory note, includes links to some of the ...

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Members of Parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

The Treaty Principles Bill sought to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi – an agreement signed between the British Crown and a group of indigenous Māori leaders in the 1840s, ...

The Treaty Principles Bill proposes reinterpreting the Treaty of Waitangi, an 1840 agreement guaranteeing the Māori certain land and cultural rights in exchange for allowing the British to govern.

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A hīkoi (protest march) spanning the entirety of New Zealand’s north island against the government’s constitutionally consequential “Treaty Principles Bill” began Monday from Cape Reinga, the ...

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The Treaty Principles Bill has been put to rest. It won’t move forward.And maybe that’s a good thing – not just because of what the bill said, but because of what the whole conversation has ...

New Zealand's centre-right government on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at reinterpreting the country's founding agreement, ... "The principles of the Treaty are not going anywhere.

Bill aims to redefine Treaty of Waitangi principles Two coalition parties will not support bill becoming law Bill is controversial, seen as undermining Maori rights WELLINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters ...