New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill
Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
Māori Lawmakers in New Zealand Disrupt Parliament With Protest ‘Haka’
Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge, which swelled to a roar as ...
New Zealand lawmakers stage Maori protest in Parliament during fraught race relations debate
New Zealand parliament erupts in dramatic political theater over controversial bill redefining Indigenous Maori rights.
Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has ...
Maori MPs stage haka protest in New Zealand parliament against Indigenous treaty bill
The Te Pāti Māori MPs began a haka during a vote for the legislation that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...
Watch: New Zealand MPs perform haka in parliament to disrupt Maori rights debate
New Zealand’s parliament descended into chaos as Maori members staged a haka in protest against a bill that would ...
Senior Māori MPs Rawiri Waititi, Shane Jones trade blows on haka, pornography after Treaty bill row
Barbs are flying between senior Māori MPs after Parliament descended into chaos during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill when one of Te Pāti Māori’s new members was ejected from the ...
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Far North students inspired at first te reo Māori immersion careers workshops
But the events at Ngāwhā Innovation Park’s Mahinga centre were a national first among these – the workshops were conducted ...
Youngest New Zealand MP, other Māori leaders perform war dance in Parliament over controversial bill; Here's video
Thousands marched in New Zealand on Friday, protesting a controversial bill that seeks to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi.