Controversial legislation revises the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi granting Maori tribes land rights. Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march towards New Zealand’s capital over a ...

Chris Finlayson says that David Seymour has to realise that the Treaty Principles Bill's reading was never going to a civil ...

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...

New Zealand’s parliament descended into chaos as Maori members staged a haka in protest against a bill that would ...

“What all of these principles have in common is that they afford Māori different rights from other New Zealanders,” David ...

The Speaker temporarily suspended the House, and when it reconvened half an hour later, he charged Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark ...

Seymour’s mean little Treaty Principles Bill prefers toi live in denial about our colonial legacy. It does so in the name of a bogus “equality” that assumes everyone in New Zealand enjoys equal access ...

A controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown is unlikely to become law.

Maori tribes were promised extensive rights to retain their lands and protect their interests in return for ceding governance to the British, under the principles ... New Zealand leader David Seymour ...

National's former Treaty negotiations minister says some MPs are more concerned about their careers than the party's history and traditions.

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.