A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people has triggered political turmoil.

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill ...

"Kill the bill" was the cry from the hīkoi as it stood before Parliament - and that's likely to happen with National and NZ ...

That Treaty predates the emergence of our parliamentary democracy and the even later emergence of full adult suffrage as ...

By mid-afternoon today 42,000 people gathered at the Parliamentary precinct and the surrounding streets, police say.

Te Pāti Māori and the Act Party are claiming victory over the response to a video from Thursday’s Treaty Principles Bill ...

Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and dilutes the ...

Interviewed earlier before Question Time, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it was up to Parliament’s justice committee ...

Much coverage has focussed on the protest that followed the speeches - but they themselves were enthusiastic, outraged, angry, even despairing.

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, the protest, started in the far north of the country nine days ago and made its way to the capital after ...

The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible referendum on the issue would raise the stakes considerably.