The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF), supported by a coalition of national education organisations, has launched a petition ...

Hundreds of treaties exist between First Nations people and governments around the world. One state in Australia just became ...

The Government will remove a requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, but will still make clear they should seek to achieve eq ...

Education Minister Erica Stanford said the current legislated requirement means parents in charge of governance of local ...

From Whakatāne to Tāmaki Makaurau to Ōtautahi and Invercargill, school boards have issued public statements reaffirming their ...

However, tallies kept by the School Boards Association and lawyer Tania Waikato showed more than 200 schools had written to the Education Minister Erica Stanford or confirmed they would continue to ...

Taking away the duty of boards to give effect’ to te Tiriti o Waitangi undermines the expectation that schools should work for Maori as well as for anyone else.

Removing the Treaty of Waitangi clause from school board law raises concerns about commitment to equity. Education Minister ...

Listen to Mike Hosking as he shares his thoughts on the Waitangi Tribunal's push to grant citizenship to second-generation ...

WELLINGTON – New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and ...