When it comes to deciding which members’ bills are debated in Parliament, New Zealand relies on an unconventional yet ...

In New Zealand’s Parliament, every legislator has the chance to advance a proposed law, no matter how unpopular, thanks to an ...

Three Maori Party MPs will be temporarily banned from New Zealand’s parliament for protesting a proposed law change with a haka.A parliamentary committee has recommended the penalties, understood to ...

Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by ...

Environmental Risks: The Bill paves the way for the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into New Zealand’s unique ecosystems, risking irreversible impacts on native species, biodiversity, ...

Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by ...

The Maori party criticizes the process. The bill sparked controversy over Maori rights. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealand's youngest lawmaker was suspended from parliament for 7 days (Image ...

“This was not about process, this became personal.” The report recommended that Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is New Zealand’s youngest lawmaker, be suspended from Parliament for ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... advocates Māori rights and holds six of Parliament’s 123 seats, have for weeks lambasted the committee’s process as intolerant of Māori principles ...

“This was not about process, this became personal.” The report recommended that Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is New Zealand’s youngest lawmaker, be suspended from Parliament for ...