Popular opposition to the far-right ACT Party’s bill was channelled into a campaign promoting national “unity” and denying ...

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

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

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

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

Someone who’s seen his fair share of political scandal is Winston Peters, who turns 80 today - and celebrated his birthday ...

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

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

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 ...

They included Luxon’s early support for the Treaty Principles bill, although the New Zealand leader always said he would later oppose it. Luxon’s opponents on Thursday derided his political ...