Maori MPs confront NZ parliament with haka dance over Bill attempting to reinterpret 184-year-old British treaty (VIDEO)
SYDNEY, Nov 15 — New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended yesterday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
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. Opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke began the ...
But not before one final flashpoint. When asked how her party’s lawmakers would vote, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti ...
New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on an Indigenous rights ...
Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP, performed a haka during House proceedings, opposing a bill that reinterprets a treaty ...
Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous ...
Twenty-two-year-old lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of the bill and led the haka in parliament as other ...
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Moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with haka in protest against treaty billThis is the moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with a haka to protest against a treaty bill. New Zealand’s ...
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