Maori MPs confront NZ parliament with haka dance over Bill attempting to reinterpret 184-year-old British treaty (VIDEO)
SYDNEY, Nov 15 — New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended yesterday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill ... Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke began the traditional ceremonial group dance after being asked whether her party supported the bill, which ...
Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP, performed a haka during House proceedings, opposing a bill that reinterprets a treaty ...
Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke stood and began a ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge – which swelled to a ...
New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke is once again in the news after she ripped up the indigenous treaty bill ...
Maori Party co-leader Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who is the parliament’s youngest MP, started the traditional haka war ...
Twenty-two-year-old lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of the bill and led the haka in parliament as other ...
Pop star Lorde has thrown her support behind a 'floor shaking' Haka that suspended the New Zealand Parliament as Maori ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback