New Zealand’s parliament voted to hand out record suspensions to three Indigenous Māori MPs for performing the haka to protest a controversial law. Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti ...

A performance of the haka brought proceedings to a sudden halt in New Zealand’s Parliament. Te Pāti Māori’s Oriini Kaipara delivered her maiden speech on Thursday after being elected to fill a vacant ...

New Zealand lawmakers, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, center at second row, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, center in front row, and Rawiri Waititi, bottom right, who received lengthy suspensions from Parliament ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.

In this image from video provided by New Zealand Parliament TV, lawmaker Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke tears papers as she performs a Māori haka to protest a proposed law during a session of Parliament in ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti ...