The Latest Breaking News from David Seymour

Voting temporarily suspended amid disruptions including a Māori party MP ripping up a copy of the bill

With the protest hikoi from the far north moving through Auckland on its way to Wellington, it might be said ACT leader David Seymour has been granted his wish of generating an “important national conversation about the place of the Treaty in our constitutional arrangements”.

Marler, who has left the camp for personal reasons, clarified his views in a follow-up post on Wednesday.

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon hopes tough economic times - which he blames Labour for - are behind his government's lack of a polling honeymoon.

Nearly a year on from its formation, it’s clear a three-party coalition is not quite the same as the two-party versions New Zealand is accustomed to.

A relentless focus on policy - even if unpopular - and keeping a lid on any squabbling has characterised the New Zealand's coalition's first year.

As New Zealand celebrates its annual Māori language week, the government is ramping up initiatives to remove recognition of Indigenous people and language from public policy and law

ACT Party leader David Seymour has said the goal of his Treaty Principles Bill is to stimulate an overdue conversation on te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi. At that level at least he has succeeded.

The right-wing government had told Pharmac that it no longer needed to consider the Treaty of Waitangi in its funding decisions