The Treaty Principles Bill was defeated with 11 aye votes to 112 noes in the House today. While Prime Minister Christopher Luxon missed the vote, the Minister for Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith ...

Every party except Act is expected to vote down the controversial Treaty Principles Bill this afternoon on a occasion one senior minister has described as “cremation day.” Te Pāti Māori is ...

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Someone come and help him out.” And just like that, after a two-hour debate filled with speeches of varying detail, enthusiasm and conviction, the Treaty Principles Bill is voted down. But the bill’s ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori ...

The sweeping reinterpretation of the 1840 treaty signed by British representatives and 500 Māori chiefs during New Zealand’s colonization was never expected to become law.