When asked how her party’s lawmakers would vote, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a ringing haka ...

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.

Meanwhlie, counter-protesters were set up on the Market Road bridge crossing State Highway 1 in Newmarket, flying Palestinian ...