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New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka

BBC on MSN · 23h

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 seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.

The New York Times · 1h

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.

Times Now on MSN · 16m

New Zealand’s Youngest MP Rips Up Bill, Stages ‘Haka’ Protest In Parliament Over Controversial Bill

On Thursday, New Zealand’s parliamentary session erupted into a fiery debate as 22-year-old Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke staged a dramatic ‘haka,’ a traditional Māori challenge, while tearing up a controversial bill during the session.

Māori Lawmakers in New Zealand’s Disrupt Parliament With Protest ‘Haka’

Work has involved billion-dollar land settlements, embrace of the Māori language, guaranteed representation in central and ...

Waititi defends haka in Treaty Bill debate

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says he’s proud of yesterday’s commotion during the Treaty Principles Bill debates and ...

Rawiri Waititi, Shane Jones clash over haka

Government minister Shane Jones said Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, one of the youngest MPs in New Zealand history at 22, ought ...

6hon MSN

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 ...

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