Her comments come after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called the bill “simplistic” and “unhelpful”, and former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson — who negotiated more settlements than ...
In its submission calling for a halt to the Treaty Principles Bill, the Commission recalls the words of Bishop Manuhuia Bennett who described Te Tiriti as ‘the promise of two peoples to take the best ...
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 ...