New Zealand’s Treaty Principles Bill has been voted down at its second reading. The controversial proposal had faced ...

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

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

New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the cou ...

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

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

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 ...

"Why are so many Māori kids not being fed at home? Parents need to take some responsibility," ACT Minister Chhour wrote.

March 28 (UPI) --Turkey arrested the lawyer for jailed political opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in what Imamoglu Thursday called a legal coup against democracy. "My lawyer ...

The House equally passed for second reading the bill for an Act to alter the constitution to provide for mandatory inclusion of youths and persons living with disabilities in political appointments.

Political parties and journalists have conventionally treated certain seats as “safe” (if the winning party’s vote two-party preferred margin was 60% or higher), others as “fairly safe” ...

Death and rape threats have been issued against some Stormont politicians and their children. Others have been physically attacked in their offices or on the street with some avoiding parts of ...