It was the bill that launched 300,000 public submissions, sparked New Zealand’s largest ever protest on Māori rights and prompted a haka in parliament that quickly went viral. And now the treaty principles bill, which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown, is dead. Lawmakers voted down the controversial bill on Thursday, drawing a line under a particularly strained chapter in the country’s fight for Indigenous rights. The Treaty of Waitangi is considered New Zealand’s founding document and is instrumental in upholding Māori rights. The treaty principles bill – tabled by the
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