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 seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people. Opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke began the ...
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand's parliament on Thursday began a heated debate on a contentious bill aimed at reinterpreting the country's founding agreement as hundreds of protesters continued their march toward the country's capital.
New Zealand Parliament suspended after haka protest over Māori rights bill
As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the bill, stood and began a haka.
Haka interrupts NZ parliament, MPs kicked out, as treaty bill arrives
Led by Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, opposition MPs and members of the public gallery brought parliament to a halt on Thursday afternoon as she ripped a copy of the Treaty Principles Bill, and MPs and the public stood to perform the haka Ka Mate.
Watch: New Zealand MPs stage haka protest in parliament
New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended this morning 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.
Watch: Haka interrupts vote for the Treaty Principles Bill
As Opposition MPs and the public gallery stood to perform Ka Mate, Speaker Gerry Brownlee suspended the sitting.
Moment NZ MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest against any British treaty changes
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Maori politicians disrupt New Zealand parliament vote with haka
New Zealand’s parliament was interrupted by Maori politicians who performed a haka to protest against a vote on a contentious ...
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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 ...
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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP evicted over haka
Opposition Te Pati Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the House following a haka. Maipi-Clarke ...
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New Zealand parliament suspended by protest haka on chamber floor
On Thursday, a vote on the bill was cut short by a protest from Te Pati Maori MPs, representing the progressive minor party, ...