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The ACT Party fought to have a Treaty of Waitangi clause stripped out of amended education legislation - but was overruled.
Pacific advocates in Aotearoa say a proposed law change for out-of-hours immigration visits - like dawn raids - doesn't go ...
Thursday is Waitangi Day, a day to commemorate the 1840 signing of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. Here are some of the key events remembering the signing, that took place ...
Long weekends and lengthy delays on New Zealand's roads go hand-in-hand as people head out of town. Waitangi weekend won't be any different, the NZTA says, with thousands of cars hitting the roads ...
New Zealand ’s parliament voted to hand out record suspensions to three Indigenous Māori MPs for performing the haka to protest a controversial law. Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and ...
Explainer - The government announced a new five-year Suicide Prevention Action Plan this week. But what does it include?
Parliament and the courts are different branches of our democracy. On Thursday, during the debate on MP punishments, it felt ...
Māori can change between the general and Māori rolls at any time, except during the three months leading up to a general ...
Standing for the Crown, New Plymouth MP David MacLeod bore the stinging criticism with obvious discomfort – like Pōmare he is a son of Ngāti Mutunga iwi. Te Rā o Tā Māui Pōmare (Sir Māui Pōmare Day) ...
NZ First Minister Shane Jones is drafting legislation to require a single settlement with Ngāpuhi rather than multiple ...