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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 ...
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 ...
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 timeline: The controversial policy’s rocky road to rejection
Te Pāti Māori is urging people to remain vigilant for other Government policies it believes are harmful, saying Thursday’s voting down of the Treaty Principles Bill is only “one battle won”. The ...
Controversial bill that sparked Maori rights protests heavily defeated in New Zealand parliament
A controversial bill that had set off New Zealand ’s largest-ever Maori rights protest was heavily defeated in parliament on ...
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 ...
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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, ...
Live: MPs react after Treaty Principles Bill voted down in Parliament
Every party except Act is expected to vote down the controversial Treaty Principles Bill this afternoon on a occasion one ...
Parliament's Justice Committee recommends scrapping controversial Treaty Principles Bill amidst public opposition
New Zealand's Justice Committee recommends scrapping the Treaty Principles Bill after receiving nearly 300,000 submissions, ...
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New Zealand's controversial Treaty Principles Bill defeated in parliament as all but one party blocks its path forward
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 ...
New Zealand parliament rejects controversial indigenous law
New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s ...