The Te Pati Maori members performed a haka ceremonial dance during the reading of a contentious bill last year.

Three Maori MPs face suspension from New Zealand's Parliament over performing a haka to protest the Treaty Principles Bill.

The much-anticipated debate surrounding the punishment for Te Pati Maori has been abruptly cut short - after a surprise vote from the coalition to delay it till next month. The unexpected development ...

ACT asked for advice on the full range of possible punishments for Te Pati Maori MPs following last year's Treaty Principles haka - including imprisonment. The Privileges Committee ended up ...

The New Zealand government on Tuesday deferred a vote over the rare suspension of three Indigenous lawmakers from parliament ...

The government is today unvelining it's budget - and its hotly anticipated. What can we expect? Also, Winston Peters says he wouldn't mind if a member of t ...

Indigenous rights Te Pati Maori party legislators' suspension request debate postponed until after budget debate on Thursday ...

Te Pāti Māori is calling out the “No BS Budget,” for what it really is: a Budget built on the suffering. “This is the worst ...

Leader of the House Chris Bishop adjourned the debate on the Privileges Committee's suspension recommendation, after 20 minutes. The proposal was to suspend co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie ...

A haka performed by Maori MPs in protest of a proposed bill led to suspended Parliament proceedings in New Zealand and ...

Its report recommended Ms Maipi-Clarke, who the committee said showed contrition in a letter, be suspended for seven days and ...

Te Pāti Māori’s co-leaders were absent from yesterday’s Budget debate, despite the Government delaying a vote on potentially suspending them from the House in order to allow ...