The drama in the chambers kicked off when Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke stood up mid-vote, powerfully ...
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of New Zealand’s Māori party rose and began a Haka, tearing a copy of the proposed law in half.
The proposed bill could redefine the country's relationship with Indigenous people Māori lawmakers performed a traditional ...
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
But not before one final flashpoint. A rare outburst of protest When asked how her party’s lawmakers would vote, ...
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, ...
A vote on the bill was suspended when opposition parties and people in the public gallery joined in the haka, led by Patri ...
The Treaty Principles Bill, which aims to redefine the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, has sparked protests in New ...