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

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

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

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

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

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

A bill that sought to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, and take that new definition to a referendum has been voted down in the country's parliament. The bill ...

New Zealand legislators dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British Crown. The Principles ...

Members of parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand (Robert Kitchin/AP) Redress efforts have bolstered a ...

The Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in November, with support from National - the dominant party in New Zealand's ruling coalition - who had promised to back it as part of a ...

The far-right attempt to redefine the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand has sunk, finished by a parliamentary vote splitting the coalition government. The Treaty Principles Bill has ...