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Ministry of Foreign Affairs job relisted without 'tikanga' title after Winston Peters asks it to be pulled
The foreign minister is comfortable with the new role, after the word 'protocol' was used instead.
New Zealand parliament votes down treaty bill
New Zealand’s Treaty Principles Bill has been voted down at its second reading. The controversial proposal had faced ...
New Zealand parliament votes down bill targeting Maori rights
April 10 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill targeting Maori rights that sparked protests. The Treaty ...
Controversial bill that sparked Maori rights protests heavily defeated in New Zealand parliament
A controversial bill that had set off New Zealand ’s largest-ever Maori rights protest was heavily defeated in parliament on ...
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New Zealand rejects proposed law to redefine treaty principles bill
Cheers and applause erupted before legislators and the public sang a waiata – a traditional Maori song – after the result was announced.
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New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country's founding Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the cou ...
New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...
New Zealand parliament rejects controversial indigenous law
New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s ...
A haka, a political standoff, and the role of tikanga in Parliament
The Treaty Principles Bill is all but dead, but the fallout from a protest haka in Parliament has Te Pāti Māori MPs at odds with the Privileges Committee ...