Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate
A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...
New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill
Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, ...
The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill will likely die after it goes to select committee – or will it? A possible ...
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...
Who is Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, whose Haka dance in NZ Parliament went viral?
Clarke, has gone viral once again after tearing up a controversial bill and performing the traditional Maori haka during a ...
Haka erupts in New Zealand parliament over controversial bill
A group of New Zealand MPs broke into a spirited haka in the country's parliament this week, interrupting a vote on a ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Christopher Luxon pushes back against David Seymour ahead of vote
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has delivered his strongest pushback to date against his coalition partner David Seymour, saying National is focused on the “hard issues” conc ...
New Zealand Maori begin march on capital to protest Indigenous treaty bill
Hundreds of people on Monday set out on a nine-day march to New Zealand's capital of Wellington in protest over legislation ...
Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest interrupted the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill.