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

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

A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, which established the rights of both Māori and ...

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

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 ...

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

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

New Zealand's Treaty Principles Bill has been voted down in the country's parliament, killing off the controversial piece of proposed legislation.

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 on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s ...

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 ...

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