The New Zealand parliament was suspended on Thursday after Maori MPs performed the haka dance in protest of a bill.

In an extraordinary display of unity and defiance, Maori MPs and spectators erupted into a powerful haka in New Zealand's parliament, protesting a controversial bill threatening Indigenous rights.

Yesterday’s Treaty Principles parliamentary debate caught international attention.  Labour MP Willie Jackson was ejected from ...

Member of Parliament Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led the ceremonial performance of Māori culture, tearing up a controversial bill as other lawmakers joined her in protest.

The suspension of Parliament following a haka during debate on the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday has garnered ...

Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous ...

New Zealand's parliament descended into chaos during a vote over a controversial bill that proposed to dramatically change the way New Zealand's treaty between Maori and the crown is interpreted. MP ...

New Zealand's parliament comes to a halt as shouting, a haka, and an expulsion take place during voting on a contentious bill ...

As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the ...

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the MP for Hauraki Waikato, began the haka, before being joined by fellow party ... James ...

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