New Zealand’s next parliament will have an additional seat after the death of a candidate just days before a general election, the Electoral Commission said. The unusual situation means that 120 ...

This is one of the vagaries of our MMP electoral system.

New Zealand is heading towards a hung parliament after an October election, according to polling published on Wednesday that showed support for major parties slipping to the benefit of several ...

In this election, NZ First was ousted from parliament, after the party failed to reach the 5% threshold and neither of its candidates managed to win an electorate seat. Five parties gained seats ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.

Protesters gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament building during the foreshore and seabed debate in 2004. Wikimedia, CC BY-ND. The Māori Party won five of the seven Māori seats in 2008 and ...

The Labour Party now controls a majority of seats in Parliament, giving it a strong mandate to govern. The 40-year-old Jacinda Ardern has promised to be a voice for all New Zealanders.

New Zealand legislators have voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke has ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke on Thursday ...