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

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

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

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 ...

A bill that sought to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, and take that new definition to a referendum has been voted down in the country's parliament. The bill ...

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

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 ...

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 ... the MP who led the parliamentary haka during the earlier debate. The Treaty Principles Bill sought to define the principles of the Treaty ...

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