The Planning Bill is to “enable development and regulate land use”, while the Natural Environment Bill would “protect nature and encourage the efficient use of land and resources,” says the RMA Reform ...

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has released its 2025 report on New Zealand, the longest and most detailed to date at 14 pages, expressing grave concern ...

They are also seeking a declaration affirming the correctness of the Waitangi Tribunal’s 2024 Hautupua Report, which found ...

Lady Tureiti Moxon, Chair of the National Urban Māori Authority and Managing Director of Te Kōhao Health, has issued an ...

Several Northland iwi – notably Ngāti Hine and hapū Te Kapotai – have filed an urgent claim with the Waitangi Tribunal after ...

NZEI Te Riu Roa says principals and school boards are frustrated the government dropped the Treaty requirement without any ...

The claimants argue the legislative and curriculum changes are inconsistent with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and cause "significant ...

Competing sections of the indigenous capitalist class appear to be fighting for control of Te Pāti Māori, which is threatened ...

Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Te Pāti Māori’s descent into ...

Three Maori Party MPs will be temporarily banned from New Zealand’s parliament for protesting a proposed law change with a haka. A parliamentary committee has recommended the penalties, understood to ...