MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from Parliament yesterday - for initiating a haka during a heated first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. The national hikoi opposing the bill is in its ...

A controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown is ...

New Zealand's indigenous community is rallying against a proposed bill that could strangle state support and stoke anti-Maori ...

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer welcomes the support of the Labour and Green Party leaders for Te Tiriti o ...

It had been scheduled for 18. Chris Hipkins says it's clear why the introduction was moved. He says he suspects the Government wanted to get the bill introduced before the Hikoi arrives in Wellington ...

On Thursday, New Zealand’s Maori lawmakers disrupted Parliament by performing a traditional haka, protesting legislation that would threaten their constituents’ rights. Per the New York Times, the ...

Clarke's powerful haka protest shook the New Zealand Parliament, sparking an intense debate over the divisive Treaty ...

The Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament. The first reading was filled with interjections and heckling by Opposition MPs before the vote was cast. Te Pāti Māori co-leader ...

this fight belongs to all of us,” Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi said. “We are a movement that leaves no one behind. We are uniting for the Aotearoa our mokopuna deserve to inherit.

Following Maipi-Clarke ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge, it led to a roar from the opposition lawmakers and ...

Today Te Pāti Māori Co-Leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi have written to the Speaker challenging his inability to uphold the standards of Parliament by allowing Winston Peters ...

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected on Thursday when dramatic political theater ...