Although the bill is unlikely to pass, opponents say bid to reverse progress for Maori threatens to divide society.

Former conservative prime minister Jenny Shipley said the proposal threatened to "divide New Zealand in a way that I haven't lived through in my adult life". Although incumbent Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has pledged the bill will not pass into law ...

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders gathered outside the parliament in one of the country’s largest demonstrations to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill, which critics say undermines Maori rights and threatens race relations.