The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. It paved the way for British annexation of New Zealand while requiring the Crown to protect ...

New Zealand “is in danger of lurching towards constitutional impropriety.” Central to this ever-shifting and contested political ground is te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi. For decades ...

the Treaty of Waitangi. It's an agreement signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Māori Chiefs. Māori people had been living in New Zealand, or Aotearoa, for thousands of years when the ...

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed by the British monarchy and more than 500 Maori chiefs, and it laid down how the two parties agreed to govern New Zealand. The controversy over the Treaty ...

WELLINGTON, New ... Waitangi — and is likely to be the largest treaty rights demonstration in the history of modern New Zealand. Considered New Zealand’s founding document, the treaty was ...

It follows a Māori tradition of hīkoi, or walking, to bring attention to breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi ... New Zealand's founding document, the treaty was signed between ...

In protest, thousands of people have joined a march of New Zealand’s North Island, from its northern tip to the capital, Wellington, in the south. In 1840, English officials and over 500 Māori leaders ...

to bring attention to breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. Considered New Zealand’s founding document, the treaty was signed between representatives of the British Crown and 500 Māori ...