However, the issue now runs more deeply than that. Te Pati Māori’s ill-informed dismissal of what it calls Parliament’s “silly little rules” about Privilege, potentially poses an even greater ...

Pakistan can absorb the scuttling down of its mission as well as the closure of the Attari-Wagah checkpoints, its main worry will be the Indus Water Treaty. Water is a lifeline for agricultural ...

As the deadline approaches for Te Pāti Māori MPs to appear before the Privileges Committee, the place of tikanga in our ...

Popular opposition to the far-right ACT Party’s bill was channelled into a campaign promoting national “unity” and denying ...

Toitū Te Tiriti leader Eru Kapa-Kingi says New Zealand has shown its power to influence change as the Treaty Principles Bill ...

The Treaty Principles Bill has been brutally defeated in Parliament. We have highlights from key speeches, and explain why its demise is so unusual.

Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning - as the controversial Treaty Principles Bill is officially killed in Parliament.

New Zealand's Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, designed to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, with a vote of 112 to 11. The bill sparked significant ...

Every party except Act is expected to vote down the controversial Treaty Principles Bill this afternoon on a occasion one senior minister has described as “cremation day.” Te Pāti Māori is ...

The Treaty Principles Bill is no more. The House voted 11 in favour and 112 against ACT leader David Seymour’s bill at its ...

The Treaty Principles Bill was voted down 112 votes to 11, days after a government committee recommended that it should not proceed. The proposed legislation aimed to legally define the principles ...

The Treaty Principles Bill died in its second reading, being voted down by 112 to 11, a crushing defeat that had been widely anticipated. Politicians on the floor and in the gallery broke into ...