The ACT Party fought to have a Treaty of Waitangi clause stripped out of amended education legislation - but was overruled.

Māori groups representing landowners, hapu and iwi filed proceedings in the High Court on the 26 June, against the Crown, citing its repeated failure to uphold the tikanga-based and Tiriti guaranteed ...

The Waitangi Tribunal has officially accepted Ngāti Ruanui’s claim challenging the fast‑tracking of seabed mining approvals ...

The Waitangi Tribunal has granted iwi a hearing into the way the Fast-track Approvals Act has been used to seek approval to mine the seabed off Pātea.

The Government maintains it wants to settle with Ngāpuhi by 2040, amid warnings a New Zealand First bill forcing the iwi into ...

The NZCTU opposes the Regulatory Standards Bill in the strongest terms.The "principles of responsible regulation" set out in the Bill reflect the ...

Monday 23 June 2025 marks the closing of the select committee submission period on the controversial Regulatory Standards ...

Judges continue to find in favour of Māori applicants for customary title along the coastline, as the Government reconsiders ...

The law would also set up a Regulatory Standards Board, which would respond to concerns raised around the consistency of ...

The Regulatory Standards Bill presented by ACT Party leader David Seymour is complex, but the heart of the matter is about how the rules and regulations that we all live by are put together, and ...

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze on a historic ship The Tui by the Waitangi Bridge in Paihia. Photo / Derek Gerritsen. A spokesperson said this latest development is a huge blow and a shock ...

Firefighters working to extinguish a blaze on a historic ship The Tui by the Waitangi Bridge in Paihia. Video / Derek Gerritsen A historic ship in the Bay of Islands destroyed by fire this morning ...