Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
"Do not negate 184 years of debate": Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash
The controversial Treaty Principles Bill would end the Māori right of self-determination outlined in a nearly 200-year-old ...
Māori Lawmakers in New Zealand Resist Proposed Bill With Haka Protest
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of New Zealand’s Māori party rose and began a Haka, tearing a copy of the proposed law in half.
Māori Lawmakers Perform Traditional Haka Dance to Protest New Zealand Bill
The Treaty of Waitangi, which is the focus of the proposed bill, dates back to 1840 and is considered New Zealand's founding ...
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.
Treaty Principles Bill Haka Highlights Tensions Between Māori Tikanga And Rules Of Parliament
Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has ...
Treaty Principles Bill haka: MPs must uphold standards of Parliament, Luxon says
Treaty issues are "emotional and difficult", but New Zealanders expect a certain level of behaviour in Parliament, the PM ...
Māori protests in NZ are about to get bigger and one person is being blamed
Clarke's viral protest inside New Zealand's parliament was an objection to a piece of legislation that is "looking for a ...
New Zealand MP performs powerful tribal dance Māori Haka in Parliament to protest controversial bill; other MPs join in
New Zealand's parliament witnessed a powerful protest as opposition MPs performed a haka to oppose a controversial bill. The ...
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Protests erupt in New Zealand over Treaty Principles Bill
Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty ...
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New Zealand dispatch: thousands join hīkoi in Auckland to oppose controversial Treaty Principles Bill
Thousands of marchers descended upon New Zealand’s largest city on Wednesday as part of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the ...
Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
A former prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...