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New Zealand rejects rights bill after widespread outrage
A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, which established the rights of both Māori and ...
New Zealand's controversial Treaty Principles Bill defeated in parliament as all but one party blocks its path forward
New Zealand's Treaty Principles Bill has been voted down in the country's parliament, killing off the controversial piece of ...
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country's founding Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country's ...
New Zealand Parliament votes against ACT's Treaty Principles Bill: The controversy and public response
The Treaty Principles Bill, proposed by the Act Party, faced defeat in Parliament. Only Act MPs supported it. National and ...
New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...
New Zealand parliament votes down bill targeting Maori rights
April 10 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill targeting Maori rights that sparked protests. The Treaty ...
The Unusual Death Of The Treaty Principles Bill
The demise of the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill was a very rare beast in Parliament - a government bill that was ...
New Zealand's Controversial Treaty Principles Bill Rejected In Parliament
At its second reading on April 10, only members of the right-wing ACT Party, which introduced the bill, voted in its favor.
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New Zealand rejects rights bill after widespread outrage
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 ...
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New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday ... the MP who led the parliamentary haka during the earlier debate. The Treaty Principles Bill sought to define the principles of the Treaty ...