NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between …
14 hours ago · By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter, Craig McCulloch, RNZ deputy political editor, and Te Manu Korihi. Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill — has highlighted the tension in Aotearoa New Zealand between Māori tikanga, or customs, and the rules of Parliament.
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill ...
22 hours ago · The Treaty Principles Bill proposes reinterpreting the Treaty of Waitangi, an 1840 agreement guaranteeing the Māori certain land and cultural rights in exchange for allowing the British to govern.
Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori …
19 hours ago · Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipa-Clarke was among those to perform a haka, at Parliament, after the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday. Photo: RNZ/ Samuel Rillstone Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has highlighted the tension between Māori ...
Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading amid haka interruption
1 day ago · Speaker Gerry Brownlee suspended the sitting after a haka led by Te Pāti Māori. (Source: Other) The Government's Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament, with ACT leader David Seymour's legislation facing heated opposition. MPs who opposed the Bill described it as being "divisive", a "wrecking ball" to Crown-Māori ...
New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka …
14 hours ago · During a first reading of the proposal, when the speaker asked Māori lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke how her party, Te Pāti Māori, would vote on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill ...
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret …
Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which has been fundamental to race relations in New Zealand.
Haka erupts in New Zealand parliament over controversial bill
1 day ago · 9News Staff. 7:19am Nov 15, 2024. A group of New Zealand MPs broke into a spirited haka in the country's parliament this week, interrupting a vote on a controversial bill in spectacular fashion ...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP …
1 day ago · RNZ News. New Zealand’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration as the national Hīkoi continued its journey to the capital. Opposition Te Pati Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the House following a haka.
New Zealanders protest, do haka over divisive treaty principles bill ...
12 hours ago · By Michael E. Miller. November 15, 2024 at 4:42 a.m. EST. More than 10,000 New Zealanders on Friday joined a 660-mile protest march heading toward Parliament in Wellington, amid growing opposition ...
How the world reacted to the Treaty Principles Bill debate
1 day ago · Australia's ABC News called it a " landmark vote" on the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday. International news agency Reuters said Parliament was "briefly suspended as people in the gallery joined in, and shouting drowned out others in the chamber". "The controversial legislation, however, is seen by many Māori and their supporters as ...
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