The haka, a traditional Maori dance of challenge, has transcended its sacred origins to become a cherished cultural symbol ...

The haka, a traditional Maori dance of challenge, has transcended its sacred origins to become a cherished cultural symbol for ... redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding ...

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and Te Pati Maori co-leader ...

Three Maori MPs face suspension from New Zealand's Parliament over performing ... aimed to reinterpret the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi—the founding agreement between Maori tribes and the British ...

The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill sought to redefine New Zealand’s founding document, the 1840 pact between the British crown and Maori leaders signed during New Zealand’s colonisation.

The penalties stem from a protest against a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document, which was signed by representatives of Maori and the Crown in 1840.

The Treaty of Waitangi, signed on 6 February 1840 between the British Crown and over 500 Māori chiefs, is New Zealand’s founding document. It established British sovereignty while guaranteeing ...

The Treaty Principles Bill was a reform championed by the right-wing ACT Party to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi in law, stripping rights given to Maori at New Zealand's foundation. The Maori ...

The controversy centres on the now-defeated Treaty Principles Bill, which sought to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi — New Zealand’s foundational agreement signed in 1840 between Maori ...