Toitū Te Tiriti leader Eru Kapa-Kingi says New Zealand has shown its power to influence change as the Treaty Principles Bill ...

A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, which established the rights of both Māori and ...

April 10 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill targeting Maori rights that sparked protests. The Treaty ...

Controversial bill that sparked Maori rights protests heavily defeated in New Zealand parliament - Lawmakers break into Maori ...

Cheers and applause erupted before legislators and the public sang a waiata – a traditional Maori song – after the result was announced.

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s ...

New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...

The Justice Committee is recommending Parliament vote the Treaty Principles Bill down. Out of 300,000 submissions, 90% were opposed, but ACT leader David Seymour still wants a referendum.

Photo / Michael Cunningham Senior minister Tama Potaka is celebrating the impending defeat of Act’s controversial Treaty Principles ... to Australia because “New Zealand has become too ...

The bill, introduced by Act as part of the coalition agreement with National and New Zealand First, seeks to define three principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in legislation: civil government ...

National and New Zealand First supported it at first ... more accurate indicator of New Zealanders’ opinion. The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to clarify the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi ...