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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The far-right attempt to redefine the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand has sunk, finished by a parliamentary vote splitting the coalition government. The Treaty Principles Bill has ...

Members of parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand (Robert Kitchin/AP) Redress efforts have bolstered a ...