The New Zealand parliament was suspended on Thursday after Maori MPs performed the haka dance in protest of a bill.

Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

New Zealand's parliament suspended proceedings after Maori Party MPs protested against a controversial tribal rights bill by ...

Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge, which swelled to a roar as ...

The Treaty Principles Bill dominated Parliament's week. How was it talked about in the House before it was debated, who focussed on it, who ignored it?

Thousands march across New Zealand in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill, with a historic hikoi heading to the capital. The bill, criticized by Indigenous Maori and their supporters, aims to ...

Thousands of people joined a march towards New Zealand's national capital on Friday after a contentious bill that would reinterpret the country's 184-year-old founding document passed its first hurdle ...

New Zealand’s parliament descended into chaos as Maori members staged a haka in protest against a bill that would ...

Seymour’s mean little Treaty Principles Bill prefers toi live in denial about our colonial legacy. It does so in the name of a bogus “equality” that assumes everyone in New Zealand enjoys equal access ...

A controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown is unlikely to become law.

ACT New Zealand leader David Seymour said people who oppose ... For decades after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, differences between the English and Maori texts and violations by New Zealand ...