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

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 ...

New Zealand’s Parliament uses a decorative cookie tin to randomly select bills for debate, giving all lawmakers a fair shot ...

A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber ...

Protest, advocacy and industrial action will be specifically protected after submissions raise fears of legislative overreach ...

Three members of the Maori Party faced suspension after performing a haka during a vote. The protest was against the Treaty Principles Bill. The bill ...

The New Zealand Parliament passed on Wednesday the controversial amendments ... "Today, that purpose has been restored by the changes we have made to ensure that the process of raising and resolving ...

“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 ...

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