The controversial Treaty Principles Bill would end the Māori right of self-determination outlined in a nearly 200-year-old ...

Clarke's viral protest inside New Zealand's parliament was an objection to a piece of legislation that is "looking for a ...

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of New Zealand’s Māori party rose and began a Haka, tearing a copy of the proposed law in half.

In New Zealand, bills must pass three readings in Parliament in ... It will be used to assist with the interpretation of legislation where Treaty principles would normally be considered relevant. In a ...

The Treaty of Waitangi, which is the focus of the proposed bill, dates back to 1840 and is considered New Zealand's founding ...

A former prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...

The Treaty Principles Bill, which aims to redefine the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, has sparked protests in New ...

The New Zealand Parliament is gathering public submissions for a proposed piece of legislation seeking to make pay secrecy ...

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

Industrial manslaughter has recently become an offence in New South Wales and might not be too far away in New Zealand if we ...

As expected, it does not include new taxes and certainly there is no mention of a capital gains tax. Instead, Watts said the ...

Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP, performed a haka during House proceedings, opposing a bill that reinterprets a treaty ...