The ACT Party fought to have a Treaty of Waitangi clause stripped out of amended education legislation - but was overruled. ACT leader David Seymour says not removing it entirely has "certainly ...

There was a rare moment of unity between Greens co-leader Marama Davidson and ACT leader David Seymour on the role of minor parties as policy innovators, but it was short-lived as the two went on ...

New Zealand's parliament has handed record suspensions to three Indigenous Māori MPs after they performed a haka to protest a controversial bill last year. Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi ...

Documents released to Greenpeace Aotearoa under the Official Information Act reveal that both the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Treasury have joined the growing list of bodies issuing strong ...

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks Thursday over a protest haka they performed against a contentious bill in Parliament last year.

In 2014, the Waitangi Tribunal found the Māori chiefs who signed the Treaty of Waitangi did not cede sovereignty to the Crown and upheld the claims of Ngāpuhi and other northern iwi that the ...

ArtsHub asked a range of Australian artists to name a work that brings them hope and solace in difficult and despairing times ...

New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a ...

The bill, originally proposed by ACT leader David Seymour is perceived by many as a threat to the indigenous Maori and detrimental to the country’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.

The bill they were protesting sought to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi, which was signed by Māori chiefs and the British Crown in 1840 and is considered New Zealand’s founding document. It ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.

Cheers erupted among the thousands of people gathered on the steps of Victoria Parliament as the Yoorrook Justice Commissioner reached his destination after 508 kilometres and 25 days of walking.