FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrives at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Wednesday it will draft a bill aimed at reinterpreting country's founding agreement, even as two of three governing parties say they will not support the bill becoming law.
The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, signed between hundreds of Maori chiefs and the British crown, lays down a set of principles under which the two parties agreed to govern. The interpretation of those principles guide legislation and policy today, while the treaty also underpins claims of Maori sovereignty.
