"Instead of dividing and conquering, this bill has backfired and united communities across the motu [country] in solidarity ...

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

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the ...

New Zealand's Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, designed to redefine the Treaty of ...

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

Politicians in New Zealand have voted overwhelmingly to reject the contentious "Treaty Principles Bill", which sought to redefine the principles of the country's founding document that was signed ...

New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke on April 10 spoke in Parliament over a controversial proposed law that would redefine New Zealand's founding document. The bill would govern how the Treaty of ...

Apr 10, 2025 26 mins ago A student opposing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill sits outside New Zealand's ...

A controversial proposed law that would redefine New Zealand's founding document, the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, faces a second ...

New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country's founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British Crown.     The ...

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