The Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document, takes its name from the Bay of Islands location.

Following Maipi-Clarke ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge, it led to a roar from the opposition lawmakers and ...

Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty ...

Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge, which swelled to a roar as ...

Thousands of marchers descended upon New Zealand’s largest city on Wednesday as part of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the ...

A 184-year-old treaty provokes fresh debate For decades after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, differences between the ...

New Zealand’s Parliament witnessed a rare scene on Thursday when 22-year-old Te Pati Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the ...

The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to ...

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

The Treaty of Waitangi, which is the focus of the proposed bill, dates back to 1840 and is considered New Zealand's founding ...

The Treaty Principles Bill, which aims to redefine the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, has sparked protests in New ...