Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
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.
Clarke, has gone viral once again after tearing up a controversial bill and performing the traditional Maori haka during a ...
Act’s Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday with support from National, Act and NZ First.
Maipi-Clarke, who made history as New Zealand’s youngest MP, captured widespread attention by performing the haka during her ...
Clarke, staged a dramatic protest in Parliament, leading a haka against the controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...
This moment, which quickly spread across social media, took place during the debate on the Treaty Principles Bill.
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...
Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has ...
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Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill — has highlighted the tension in Aotearoa New Zealand between Māori tikanga, or customs, ...