Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge, which swelled to a roar as opposition lawmakers and spectators in the public gallery joined in.

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.

New Zealand's parliament was halted by MPs performing a haka on Thursday (Nov 14) in protest over a controversial bill which would reinterpret the country's founding treaty with the native Maori people.