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The Treaty principles bill is gone; now Govt’s real Treaty agenda picks up pace
The list of Treaty-related policies on the coalition agenda is as long as its arm, even without the Treaty Principles Bill, ...
New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...
The unusual death of the Treaty Principles Bill
The Treaty Principles Bill has been brutally defeated in Parliament. We have highlights from key speeches, and explain why ...
Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but the fight for Te Tiriti is just beginning - lawyers and advocates say
Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning - as the controversial Treaty Principles Bill is officially killed in Parliament.
New Zealand's controversial Treaty Principles Bill defeated in parliament as all but one party blocks its path forward
New Zealand's Treaty Principles Bill has been voted down in the country's parliament, killing off the controversial piece of ...
Live: MPs react after Treaty Principles Bill voted down in Parliament
Every party except Act is expected to vote down the controversial Treaty Principles Bill this afternoon on a occasion one ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Parliament votes down controversial policy at second reading
Act leader David Seymour has vowed to reignite the issues in his controversial Treaty Principles Bill, saying his party would ...
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Treaty Principles Bill may be resurrected; the opposition is primed
David Seymour contentious bill ended with a whimper, this week. But the Act leader has spent the better part of two years thinking about different ways to achieve his vision for how the law views the ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Justice select committee reports back with public submissions overwhelmingly opposed
The overwhelming number of submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill were in opposition to the legislation, which Parliament’s Justice select committee has recommended not proceed. The committee ...
'It's over': Luxon rules out entertaining another iteration of Treaty Principles Bill
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has flatly ruled out entertaining another iteration of the Treaty Principles Bill, a day ...
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Select committee recommends scrapping Treaty principles bill amid huge opposition
Delivering the report 40 days ahead of schedule, the justice committee has recommended, by majority, that the bill not ...
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s ...