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

A controversial bill that had set off New Zealand ’s largest-ever Maori rights protest was heavily defeated in parliament on ...

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 would erode indigenous rights.

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

The controversial Treaty Principles Bill which sought to redefine New Zealand's founding document has been voted down in a highly anticipated day in the country's parliament. The bill needed a simple ...

Members of Parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected by Parliament in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, April 10, 2025. Credit ...

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's parliament has voted down the Treaty Principles Bill, ending one of the most divisive debates in recent Kiwi ...