The Treaty Principles Bill has been put to rest. It won’t move forward. And maybe that’s a good thing – not just because of ...

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

A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, which established the rights of both Māori and ...

A bill which sought to “reinterpret” New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi ... The second reading on April 10 of the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill concluded more than a year of ...

The Treaty Principles Bill is dead, though David Seymour has donned his white lab coat and is firing up the Tesla coils in ...

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown.

They included Mr Luxon’s early support for the Treaty Principles bill, although the New Zealand leader always said he would later oppose it. Mr Luxon’s opponents on Thursday derided his ...

A bill that sought to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, and take that new definition to a referendum has been voted down in the country's parliament. The bill ...

Members of parliament celebrate as the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi bill was rejected in a 112 to 11 vote in Wellington, New Zealand (Robert Kitchin/AP) Redress efforts have bolstered a ...