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Views ranged from it being an attempt to "oppress iwi Māori" to providing the chance to ease New Zealanders' anxiety over the Treaty. Audio

The Treaty Principles Bill continues to dog the National Party despite Luxon's repeated efforts to communicate the legislation will not go beyond second reading.

The prime minister says he can mend the relationship with Māori after the bill is voted down, and he would refuse a future referendum in the next election's coalition negotiations.

Coalition talks are set to be complicated because in the last parliament at least two parties had MPs split across both the government and opposition benches.

A professor from the University of Auckland says social media is responsible for people "directly engaging with these proposed changes" in the Treaty Principles Bill and the Regulatory Standards Bill. Audio

The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth.

As Papua New Guinea prepares to mark 50 years of independence from Australia in 2025, the government faces a host of other matters that need to be addressed, urgently. Audio

A rising tide of abuse, escalating costs and the clash between central and local government - Marika Hill looks back at local politics in 2024.

The Indian community overtook the Chinese population to become the third-largest ethnic group in New Zealand.

From supermarket rat infestations, to job cuts, a hīkoi, and the Marokopa man who continues to evade police - here are some of the biggest NZ stories from 2024.

A hīkoi, a haka, and the rise of a new generation - RNZ unpacks a contentious and momentous year for Māoridom.

Indonesia's new president Prabowo Subianto has revealed plans to pardon as many as 44,000 convicts - about a third of the country's prison population.

The Cook Islands can only have its own passport if it gives up New Zealand citizenship, the office of New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters says.

Hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the most powerful cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean island in nearly a century. Audio

Island Passage Exploration is exploring 261 square kilometres in the Crown Prince Range in Central Bougainville, only nine kilometres southeast of Panguna mine.

Analysis - The ouster of the Syrian president leaves a risk of instability and extremism. Audio

Murriyang Song of Time was written in response to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.

Murriyang Song of Time was written in response to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum. Audio

Vanuatu has been riven by political instability, with frequent elections and changes of leadership in recent years.

Aotearoa is unique among settler colonial states in having one treaty with the indigenous people, but how does that compare with treaties made with other first nations in Canada, the US and Australia?

There's already plenty of doubt that we'll get an India trade deal signed in the Prime Minister's first term as he promised. Here's another hiccup.

New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party unveiled the main outcome of its Congress last weekend, including its plans for the French Pacific territory's political future.

Within the pro-independence camp, the two main moderate parties UPM and PALIKA have reacted favourably, although they have recently distanced themselves from UC.

Sir Jerry was appointed as the moderator for the Bougainville independence consultations in September. He will be in Bougainville from 25 to 29 November.