Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who started the traditional dance, was suspended for seven days, while her party's co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banned for 21 days.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has warned that the Regulatory Standards Bill could stymie progress in enabling ...

The law would also set up a Regulatory Standards Board, which would respond to concerns raised around the consistency of ...

The Treaty Principles Bill sparked massive protests across New Zealand, including in a hikoi — or march — of nearly 40,000 people arriving on the steps of parliament in late November.

Parliament has confirmed the unprecedented punishments proposed for Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a haka in protest against ...

The Treaty Principles Bill sought to reinterpret New Zealand's founding document, signed between Maori chiefs and British representatives in 1840.

The Regulatory Standards Bill has drawn surprisingly strong opposition. Is it down to the bill's significance, or David ...

Parliament has confirmed the unprecedented punishments proposed for Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a haka in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill. Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie ...

Former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer analyses what's wrong with the Regulatory Standards Bill and wonders if we've reached a new low in NZ political life.

Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up whether to allow mining of the ocean ...

They go on to say “Each of us has written extensively and spoken out against this Bill from our respective areas of expertise ...