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Nearly 30 years ago, Roger Douglas was on the verge of a three-year stint as the leader of the newly formed Act party. Then ...
David Seymour, leader of ACT New Zealand, becomes deputy prime minister in a coalition government. Known for his libertarian ...
David Seymour, leader of the libertarian ACT New Zealand party, was sworn in as deputy prime minister on Saturday, taking the role from Winston Peters in a deal struck when the three-party coalition ...
As the story continues to unfold, Maipi-Clarke has emerged as the young lawmaker who catapulted this story of Indigenous ...
ACT has been trying to pass a version of its Regulatory Standards Bill for 20 years. Opposed by the Waitangi Tribunal and ...
Starting from the country’s main gateways, such as Auckland and Christchurch, these road trips offer the best chance to ...
Former Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Chris Finlayson has spent years trying to sort a mandate for Ngapuhi negotiations after the Waitangi Tribunal ruled the original one undermined ...
The Regulatory Standards Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament.
That Debbie Ngarewa-Packer be severely censured by the House and suspended from the service of the House for 21 days for ...
New Zealand’s Parliament became the stage for a historic act of defiance when Te Pāti Māori MPs performed a haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. This analysis explores the ...
The Crown would also be in breach of Treaty principles if it ... has announced it will review the Waitangi Tribunal to refocus the "scope, purpose and nature" of the Tribunal's inquiries back to its ...
A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber ...