Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate
A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...
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Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty
Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty ...
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...
The New Zealand Herald12h
Uplifting new play gives voice to prisoner’s perspective on the Treaty
A protest at Te Papa Museum last year involved spray paint and the defacement of text using an angle grinder on the Treaty of ...
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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
Timed to coincide with the first reading of the contentious Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill yesterday — it passed ...
devdiscourse17h
Political Turmoil in New Zealand: The Treaty Debate
In a dramatic showdown, New Zealand's parliament saw a vote suspended and two lawmakers ejected as tensions flared over a ...
Watch New Zealand MPs perform haka in Parliament to disrupt vote on controversial treaty bill
In a dramatic display of protest, New Zealand MPs performed the traditional Maori haka in Parliament, halting proceedings ...
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Treaty Principles Bill Passes First Reading, Promises Debate on Foundational Document
The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, is a foundational document in New Zealand’s history, and its principles have been ...
Watch: Speaker suspends House after haka by Te Pāti Māori interrupts Treaty Principles Bill vote
The Treaty Principles Bill will face its first vote on Thursday afternoon in what is expected to be a heated session in ...
Treaty Principles Bill vote: How the fiery debate led to MP being suspended, another kicked out
Act leader David Seymour’s contentious Treaty Principles Bill passed its first vote in Parliament on Thursday, but not until ...
Waitangi Tribunal demands release of Te Aka Whai Ora documents
On Tuesday Judge Damian Stone directed the government to release eight unredacted documents showing its reasoning for ...
SunLive10h
This Treaty Principles Bill
Move forward to today and a bill is tabled in Parliament to clarify what is meant in today’s terms of the document written and signed 184 years ago and all hell has broken loose. Māori are ...