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'Standing up for truth': Seymour says no regrets over Treaty Bill
Te Pāti Māori urges vigilance after the Treaty Principles Bill was voted down, calling it “one battle won”, while David ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Parliament votes down controversial policy at second reading
Act leader David Seymour has vowed to reignite the issues in his controversial Treaty Principles Bill, saying his party would ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Act’s David Seymour set to face bill’s demise without PM Christopher Luxon or deputy PM Winston Peters
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Deputy PM Winston Peters – are not expected to be in the House for the second reading of ...
New Zealand rejects rights bill after widespread outrage
A controversial bill seeking to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, which established the rights of both Māori and ...
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The Treaty principles bill is gone; now Govt’s real Treaty agenda picks up pace
The list of Treaty-related policies on the coalition agenda is as long as its arm, even without the Treaty Principles Bill, ...
'Watch this space': Seymour on if voted down Treaty Principles Bill will return
While the Treaty Principles Bill was defeated on Thursday, the ACT leader indicated it would not be the end.
'Absolutely a possibility': ACT's David Seymour open to Treaty referendum after bill struck down
MPs from all parties other than ACT are shutting down the Treaty Principles Bill today, with passionate displays of rhetoric.
New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...
New Zealand Parliament votes against ACT's Treaty Principles Bill: The controversy and public response
The Treaty Principles Bill, proposed by the Act Party, faced defeat in Parliament. Only Act MPs supported it. National and ...
Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but the fight for Te Tiriti is just beginning - lawyers and advocates say
Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning - as the controversial Treaty ...
New Zealand rejects proposed law to redefine treaty principles bill
Cheers and applause erupted before legislators and the public sang a waiata – a traditional Maori song – after the result was ...
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Treaty Principles Bill may be resurrected; the opposition is primed
David Seymour contentious bill ended with a whimper, this week. But the Act leader has spent the better part of two years thinking about different ways to achieve his vision for how the law views the ...