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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.

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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 document. The agreement was signed by Māori chiefs and the British monarchy and focused on rectifying wrongs done to the indigenous people when the country was colonized.

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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.

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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 ...

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Maori MPs’ Haka Dance Suspends New Zealand Parliament

The New Zealand parliament was suspended on Thursday after Maori MPs performed the haka dance in protest of a bill.

Waititi defends haka in Treaty Bill debate

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says he’s proud of yesterday’s commotion during the Treaty Principles Bill debates and ...

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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 ...

Rawiri Waititi, Shane Jones clash over haka

Government minister Shane Jones said Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, one of the youngest MPs in New Zealand history at 22, ought ...

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