Treaty Principles Referendum by stealth
The Government is accused of quietly stripping Treaty protections from legislation after New Zealanders overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty Principles Bill.

The Government is accused of quietly stripping Treaty protections from legislation after New Zealanders overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty Principles Bill.

The Government may have lost the public fight over the Treaty Principles Bill, but critics say it’s now dismantling te Tiriti protections quietly through changes buried across legislation.

The Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a brutal warning over the Government’s education reforms, and the Greens say Luxon can no longer hide the ideological agenda underneath them.

Labour says the Coalition Government’s approach to te Tiriti and education reform is driving Māori-Crown relations into dangerous territory. With tamariki Māori paying the price.

When media outlets stop reporting elections and start narrating inevitability, polling becomes less about democracy and more about manufacturing consent.

A new Māori political party is entering the Election 2026 landscape, but Te Pāti Māori says its kaupapa and movement remain bigger than any one candidate or seat.

Hūhana Lyndon says Te Tai Tokerau deserves leadership rooted in kaupapa, tino rangatiratanga and long-term commitment. Not election-cycle politics.

After a year of Erica Stanford’s wrecking-ball education reforms, Labour has finally put something on the table, and it’s bigger than just undoing the damage.

The Greens are sending a message in 2026. Māori representation isn’t symbolic, it’s central to the party’s vision for power.

After months of attacking Treaty references, the coalition may be realising Māori-bashing has reached its electoral ceiling.