An extract from Professor Claire Charters' new book, Sovereignty: The Case for Constitutional Transformation.

Paul Diamond reviews Introducing The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher, published by Bridget Williams Books.

Professor Claire Charters gave expert evidence in the Waitangi Tribunal's priority inquiry into climate change (Wai 3325).

Yale University researcher Raffaele Sindoni spent five months in Whanganui exploring how Te Awa Tupua has worked in practice.

A Yale PhD candidate moved to Whanganui to investigate what nearly a decade of legal personhood has meant for Te Awa o Whanganui and its people.

Raffaele Sindoni is writing a book that uses Te Awa Tupua as a lens on the 'global boom' of legal personhood initiatives for rivers, mountains and forests.

May 2026 | New paper published offering a perspective on democratic innovation in Aotearoa | New Zealand and Indigenous peoples' rights.

4 May 2026 | New Zealand’s proposed overhaul of Treaty of Waitangi clauses has come under international scrutiny.

23 Apr 2026 | Three wāhine Māori warn the review of 18 laws could weaken Te Tiriti o Waitangi and echo UN concerns over Māori rights.

1 Jul 2025 | The Land Back movement is supporting Indigenous people who want to take back their ancestral land.

1 Dec 2023 | Critics say nation ‘under attack’ as coalition plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other policies that provide for Māori

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