Treaty Principles Bill: National spooked as Te Pāti Māori’s parliament haka delivers more grist to Act’s David Seymour - Claire Trevett
Act’s Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday with support from National, Act and NZ First.
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 ...
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Anne Salmond: Of treaties, cabbages and kings
Act leader David Seymour is ignoring history and his own King in claiming nowhere in the world grants rights based on ...
Ignoring ACT, targeting National: The lead-up to the Treaty bill
The Treaty Principles Bill dominated Parliament's week. How was it talked about in the House before it was debated, who ...
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 ...
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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, ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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Government apology and Treaty divisions trump tax and banks
As expected, it does not include new taxes and certainly there is no mention of a capital gains tax. Instead, Watts said the ...
New Zealand lawmakers stage Maori protest in Parliament during fraught race relations debate
New Zealand parliament erupts in dramatic political theater over controversial bill redefining Indigenous Maori rights.