New Zealand Lawmakers Explode in Powerful Haka Chant on Parliament Floor to Protest Controversial Bill Threatening Māori Rights
The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the ...
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate
Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and ...
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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 ...
Watch: New Zealand MPs perform haka in parliament to disrupt debate on Māori rights
Two Māori MPs were removed from the chamber for protesting a bill that ‘reinterprets’ rights for the country’s Indigenous ...
Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori - former minister
National's former Treaty negotiations minister says some MPs are more concerned about their careers than the party's history ...
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 ...
'Watching pornos a reason to go to jail': Barbs fly between senior Māori MPs over haka row
Barbs are flying between senior Māori MPs after Parliament descended into chaos during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill.
Treaty Principles Bill live updates: Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke suspended as haka derails bill’s first reading vote
The Treaty Principles Bill will face its first vote on Thursday afternoon in what is expected to be a heated session in Parliament. Opposition politicians will first grill members of the Government, ...
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Parliament suspended following haka by Te Pati Māori MPs
There were wild scenes in Parliament today as Te Pati Māori MPs interrupted proceedings to perform a haka in front of ACT MPs ...
Māori lawmakers perform Haka in New Zealand parliament protesting controversial proposed law
New Zealand's parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected during a vote on a controversial proposed law ...
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...
Legislators stage Maori protest in New Zealand’s parliament
A controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown is ...