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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 ...
Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori - former minister
National's former Treaty negotiations minister says some MPs are more concerned about their careers than the party's history ...
Watch: Maori MP rips Treaty Bill, performs haka in NZ Parliament protest
Clarke's powerful haka protest shook the New Zealand Parliament, sparking an intense debate over the divisive Treaty ...
Live: David Seymour smiling as Treaty hīkoi continues south
The ACT leader remains defiant after his controversial bill passed its first reading, as a protest leaves Rotorua .
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 ...
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 ...
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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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill — has highlighted the tension in Aotearoa New Zealand between Māori tikanga, or customs, ...
'Not an academic debate': Former Minister says Seymour should expect high emotions in bill reading
Chris Finlayson says that David Seymour has to realise that the Treaty Principles Bill's reading was never going to a civil ...
Labour's Willie Jackson ejected from house for calling David Seymour a liar during Treaty Principles Bill reading
Labour's Māori Development spokesperson Willie Jackson was the first MP ejected from the House on Thursday after he called David Seymour a "liar" during the Treaty Principles Bill's first reading - ...
New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, ...