The Treaty is our past, present and future. It has shaped the country we have become, and the obligations it imposes on both sides will always be with us.

In April 2026, it was revealed the Coalition had secretly agreed in Cabinet to actively remove references to the Treaty of Waitangi/te Tiriti o Waitangi from a range of Government laws and Acts following through on a Coalition Agreement commitment between National and New Zealand First to review Treaty clauses in legislation. Leaked Cabinet documents showed this would proceed, beginning with legislation covering the government's climate change response.