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

Cheers and applause erupted before legislators and the public sang a waiata – a traditional Maori song – after the result was ...

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat 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 parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s ...

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

Parliament’s Justice Committee has recommended that the Treaty Principles Bill not proceed. Despite this, ACT leader and ...

Labour's Justice spokesperson Duncan Webb says thousands of submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill ... actually want to end the bill. And we're ready to vote the bill down." Webb said he did not ...

The Indonesian military has a new role in cybersecurity but, worryingly, no clear doctrine on what to do with it nor safeguards against human rights abuses. Assignment of cyber responsibility to the ...

Tens of thousands of submissions on the Treaty Principles ... will vote the bill down at second reading. Those backing the bill advocated for a national conversation about the meaning and place of Te ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Maori chiefs has triggered political turmoil and prompted 42,000 ...

“For this agreed arrangement therefore concerning the Government of the Queen, the Queen of England will protect all the ordinary people of New Zealand and will give ... who translated the Treaty, but ...