WELLINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government will update the country's surrogacy law to make the process easier and less discriminatory, New Zealand's Justice Minister Kiri Allan said ...

Three Maori Party MPs will be temporarily banned from New Zealand’s parliament for protesting a proposed law change with a ...

Plans to expand "automatic decision-making" in New Zealand's welfare system have been criticised by charities and law experts ... more than 858,000 people, a process they say would have required ...

Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann has sounded the alarm on rising court fees, warning that they’re making it harder for ...

The law makes it illegal to possess ... In response to complaints about the process, Ardern said: "You either believe that in New Zealand these weapons have a place or you do not.

New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday near-unanimously ... or on someone with impaired decision-making capacity. Such offenses would be subject to up to three years imprisonment.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand ... against the law. Mr. Seymour said he was not opposed to more restrictive gun laws but believed that Parliament had rushed the process.

MERCER, New Zealand — New Zealand ... and bills still need royal assent to become law. While government efforts to increase shared decision-making with Māori have been welcomed by many ...

The New Zealand Law Society said the clause regarding automated decision-making "is not limited in any way and the accompanying documentation for the bill contains no analysis of the proposal".