A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, which established the rights of both Māori and ...

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

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s ...

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, leader of the right-wing nationalist NZ First Party, is continuing to ...

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

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

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 ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document for upholding Maori rights.

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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 ...