Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations amid rising ...

The English and Maori versions of the treaty contain key differences, complicating its application and interpretation, some observers say. To address this, over the last 50 years, lawmakers ...

As per a report by Al Jazeera, the document was originally presented as a measure to resolve differences between the Maori and the British. However, the English and te reo versions of the treaty ...

Maori Language Commission Chief Execuetive Ngahiwi Apanui hopes that by 2040, everyday conversations will contain a mix of both te reo and English. Not everyone in New Zealand supports this idea.

Politicians' involvement could lead to curriculums becoming about culture war issues, rather than what's best to teach, PPTA ...

The Government has released its Māori Action Plan, which sets out its approach to deliver better outcomes in the classroom ...

A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents ...

One of the biggest events on the Māori school calendar is on in Ōtautahi/Christchurch. More than 1500 students from 44 kura ...

The Treaty of Waitangi has long been a source of contention because key distinctions exist in its English and Maori forms. Rulings by the courts and a separate Maori tribunal have progressively ...

It laid out principles guiding the relationship between the Crown and Maori, in two versions – one in English and the other in Maori. Thousands of people gather outside New Zealand’s ...

The English version asserts that the Maori ceded absolute sovereignty to the British monarchy, while the Maori version guarantees the protection of Tino Rangatiratanga – a Maori phrase that ...

The controversy over one of the nation’s founding documents touches a raw nerve. The agreement has two versions, one in English and the other in Maori, leaving the two sides with differing ...