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

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

New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s ...

New Zealand’s Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi — the 1840 founding pact between ...

At its second reading on April 10, only members of the right-wing ACT Party, which introduced the bill, voted in its favor.

Te Pāti Māori is urging people to remain vigilant for other Government policies it believes are harmful, saying Thursday’s voting down of the Treaty Principles Bill is only “one battle won”. The ...

A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document ... with most major political parties committed to voting it down. Members of the right-wing Act Party, which tabled ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has offered a defence of sorts for Green MP Benjamin Doyle, saying the way their private social ...

The controversial Treaty Principles ... in front of the parliament 'Beehive' building. New Zealand has entered a period of right-wing politics, but the next generation of Māori activists are ...

New Zealand's Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, designed to redefine the Treaty of ...

WELLINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s founding agreement following months ...