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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 cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.

The New York Times · 8h

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.

CNN on MSN · 15h

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 contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

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Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill ...

House suspended as haka interrupts first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill

Speaker Gerry Brownlee has suspended the House of Representatives after a haka, led by Te Paati Māori and performed by ...

Newsroom on MSN1d

A House divided, a leader nowhere in sight

Analysis: A fiery haka, MPs suspended from the House, and a Treaty Principles Bill one step closer to its death The post A ...

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The House: Being hoist on a petard, and hoping to ban them

Parliament has featured in New Zealand's official Gazette twice in two days. Once regarding banning fireworks and once over ...

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