A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.

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The government has introduced a bill to make English an official language, to ridicule from the opposition, and a fierce ...

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The New Zealand First Party has introduced a Member’s Bill to Parliament that aims to enable a binding referendum on the future of Māori electoral seats at the 2026 General Election.

Scholars will both value this new book with its original insights and descriptions and challenge some of its propositions.

Can New Zealanders design something better than a system in which the people who came here second always win, and the people ...

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National Flag Day reminds us that politics in Canada and New Zealand resulted in drastically different outcomes in bids to ...

The Hutt City Council says tightening the public notification threshold in the Government’s new planning legislation will “significantly” reduce opportunities for public participation. Its ...

The Times was out and about on a hot public holiday and spent a few enjoyable hours at the annual, vibrant Waitangi ki Manukau free event. PJ TAYLOR asked attendees: What does Waitangi Day mean to ...

More Pākehā are enrolling in Treaty education workshops and seeking out information about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, according to long-standing Treaty educators.