New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday 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.

New Zealand’s youngest Member of Parliament, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, has once again captured national and international attention. The 22-year-old Te Pāti Maori MP staged a powerful protest against the contentious Treaty Principles Bill, by performing haka and tearing up a copy of the proposed legislation during a heated session in Parliament.

New Zealand’s parliament descended into chaos as Maori members staged a haka in protest against a bill that would “reinterpret” the country’s founding treaty.