"Do not negate 184 years of debate": Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash
The controversial Treaty Principles Bill would end the Māori right of self-determination outlined in a nearly 200-year-old ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Senior lawyers call for David Seymour’s Treaty Bill to be abandoned
Members of the King’s Counsel, some of New Zealand’s most senior legal minds, say the Treaty Principles Bill “seeks to ...
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Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, Dame Jenny Shipley says
Former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley has warned the Act Party is “inviting civil war” with its attempt to define the ...
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Treaty Principles Bill Passes First Reading, Promises Debate on Foundational Document
Associate Justice Minister David Seymour has announced that the Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in ...
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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Seymour unveils Treaty Principles Bill
This afternoon, Associate Justice Minister David Seymour released his Treaty Principles Bill. This afternoon, Associate ...
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi organiser rejects David Seymour's offer to meet
The ACT leader is open to meeting with organisers of the protest, but they say they are not at his "beck and call".
Watch: Labour's Willie Jackson ejected from house for calling David Seymour a liar during Treaty Principles Bill reading
Labour's Māori Development spokesperson Willie Jackson was the first MP ejected from the House on Thursday after he called David Seymour a "liar" during the Treaty Principles Bill's first reading - ...
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Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National’s relationship with Māori – former minister
The former National government Treaty negotiations minister Chris Finlayson says Act leader David Seymour misunderstands what ...
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 ...
Treaty Principles Bill protest lands on David Seymour's electoral doorstep
Protesters holding signs reading Honour Te Tiriti and 'SHAME' are marching through Newmarket, starting at ACT's Epsom ...