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New Zealand MP Performs Traditional Maori Dance As She Tears Copy Of Contentious Bill: Watch

Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP, performed a haka during House proceedings, opposing a bill that reinterprets a treaty between the Maori and the British.

The New York Times · 18h

New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill

Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

The Independent on MSN · 22h

Moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with haka in protest against treaty bill

This is the moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with a haka to protest against a treaty bill. New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday (14 November), after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that could reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

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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 ...

The Cut on MSN11h

New Zealand’s Maori Lawmakers Know How to Protest

On Thursday, New Zealand’s Maori lawmakers disrupted Parliament by performing a traditional haka, protesting legislation that would threaten their constituents’ rights. Per the New York Times, the ...

New Zealand's indigenous Maori people march against Treaty Principles Bill

Approximately 10,000 protesters marched through Rotorua, New Zealand, voicing their opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill. As they made their way south towards the capital, Wellington, they were ...

The News International1d

Maori MPs defy Indigenous bill with haka in New Zealand parliament

ACT New Zealand leader David Seymour said people who oppose the bill want to "stir up" fear and division. "My mission is to ...

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