Act leader David Seymour’s contentious Treaty Principles Bill passed its first vote in Parliament on Thursday, but not until ...

Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has ...

Speaker Gerry Brownlee has suspended the House of Representatives after a haka, led by Te Paati Māori and performed by ...

Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill — has highlighted the tension in Aotearoa New Zealand between Māori tikanga, or customs, ...

A massive haka started by Te Pāti Māori MPs and joined by those in the public galleries forced the Speaker to suspend ...

New Zealand's parliament comes to a halt as shouting, a haka, and an expulsion take place during voting on a contentious bill ...

Kerre Woodham thinks the chaos and fighting during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill was a reflection of what ...

Mike Hosking gives his thoughts on the chaos that went down in the House of Representatives during the first reading of the ...

Speaker Gerry Brownlee wants to boost security for politicians while they are out in the community before something “goes very wrong.” Options he is considering include giving Parliament’s ...

Calling another MP a liar is considered unparliamentary language. Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee asked Jackson to withdraw his statement, and apologise, but he refused. Seymour's earlier speech ...

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has played down perceptions of a housing crisis in Christchurch, and says people across New Zealand are living in difficult situations. Earthquake Recovery ...

Former Green Party MP Darleen Tana’s political career is over after Parliament’s Speaker Gerry Brownlee this morning confirmed her expulsion from Parliament. Brownlee formalised it in the Government ...