Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
The Treaty of Waitangi, which is the focus of the proposed bill, dates back to 1840 and is considered New Zealand's founding ...
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of New Zealand’s Māori party rose and began a Haka, tearing a copy of the proposed law in half.
Speaker of Parliament Gerry Brownlee condemned the interruption as "grossly disorderly," clearing onlookers from the public ...
A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...
The New Zealand parliament was suspended on Thursday after Maori MPs performed the haka dance in protest of a bill.
The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the ...
Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected on Thursday when dramatic political theatre ...
New Zealand's parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected during a vote on a controversial proposed law ...
New Zealand's parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected during a vote on a controversial proposed law ...
New Zealand parliament erupts in dramatic political theater over controversial bill redefining Indigenous Maori rights.