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

"Instead of dividing and conquering, this bill has backfired and united communities across the motu [country] in solidarity ...

New Zealand's Treaty Principles Bill has been voted down in the country's parliament, killing off the controversial piece of ...

The list of Treaty-related policies on the coalition agenda is as long as its arm, even without the Treaty Principles Bill, ...

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

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

The Treaty Principles Bill, proposed by the Act Party, faced defeat in Parliament. Only Act MPs supported it. National and ...

The Treaty Principles Bill has been brutally defeated in Parliament. We have highlights from key speeches, and explain why ...

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 ...

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

New Zealand's parliament has voted down the Treaty Principles Bill, ending one of the most divisive debates in recent Kiwi ...