New Zealand, Treaty Principles

Protests erupt in New Zealand over Treaty Principles Bill
Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament. Critics said the bill, if passed, could reverse the rights and other protection mechanisms for the Indigenous Māori people.
Thousands gather as Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi passes through Hastings in rain
As the march gets closer to Parliament, organisers are encouraging participants to make sure they are enrolled to vote.
New Zealand dispatch: thousands join hīkoi in Auckland to oppose controversial Treaty Principles Bill
Thousands of marchers descended upon New Zealand’s largest city on Wednesday as part of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the Treaty of Waitangi) to call for Māori (New Zealand’s indigenous people)
New Zealand’s indigenous Maori people march against Treaty Principles Bill
Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march to New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, to protest a contentious bill that redefines the country’s founding agreement between the British and the Indigenous Maori people,
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
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Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, Dame Jenny Shipley says
Former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley has warned the Act Party is “inviting civil war” with its attempt to define the ...
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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 ...
Watch: Speaker suspends House after haka by Te Pāti Māori interrupts Treaty Principles Bill vote
The Treaty Principles Bill will face its first vote on Thursday afternoon in what is expected to be a heated session in ...
Treaty Principles Bill: National spooked as Te Pāti Māori’s parliament haka delivers more grist to Act’s David Seymour - Claire Trevett
Act’s Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday with support from National, Act and NZ First.
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Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National’s relationship with Māori – former minister
The former National government Treaty negotiations minister Chris Finlayson says Act leader David Seymour misunderstands what ...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
Timed to coincide with the first reading of the contentious Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill yesterday — it passed ...
'There are issues that needs to be dealt with': Minister Goldsmith raises concerns with Treaty Principles Bill
The National Party is standing by their choice to go against ACT's controversial Treaty Principles Bill. A haka by Te Pāti ...
Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
A former prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...