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

New Zealand‘s parliamentary speaker’s chair had a special guest during a debate in the country’s House of Representatives on Wednesday. Member of Parliament Tamati Coffey welcomed a baby boy ...

New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...

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, ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand's parliament agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous lawmakers who last year performed a haka, a traditional Maori dance, disrupting the ...