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High 'Haka' Drama In New Zealand Parliament

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate

Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and protect their interests.

The New York Times on MSN · 16h

New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill

New Zealand’s Parliament was temporarily suspended on Thursday as Māori lawmakers performed a haka, a traditional group dance, demonstrating their community’s anger and fear over a bill that aims to reinterpret the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

CNN on MSN · 21h

New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka

The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. The controversial legislation is seen by many Maori and their supporters as undermining the rights of the country’s Indigenous people,

Charleston Gazette-Mail11h

A New Zealand city waves goodbye to its 'disturbing' giant hand sculpture that many came to love

Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand has loomed ...

18hon MSN

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, ...

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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 ...

Lindsay McKenzie Appointed Crown Observer to Support Wellington City Council

Mr. McKenzie’s appointment comes at a pivotal time, as councils across New Zealand face increased financial pressures, ...

Nationwide protest march begins in New Zealand against contentious Treaty Principles Bill

A hīkoi (protest march) spanning the entirety of New Zealand's north island rallying against the government's ...

International Transport Workers' Federation10h

New Zealand: “Our Ferries, Our Future!”

The demo in Wellington took a strong message to government that it must replace the vital, ageing fleet of ferries that have ...

My Central Oregon12h

Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics ...

The Associated Press on MSN13d

New Zealand city waves goodbye to its 'disturbing' giant hand

Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand has loomed ...

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