Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge, which swelled to a roar as ...
Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
Māori politicians are protesting against a bill that could change New Zealand's founding treaty with the Indigenous people.
The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the ...
Two Māori MPs were removed from the chamber for protesting a bill that ‘reinterprets’ rights for the country’s Indigenous ...
Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has ...
National's former Treaty negotiations minister says some MPs are more concerned about their careers than the party's history ...
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.
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, 22, New Zealand's youngest MP had gone viral for performing 'Haka war cry' dance in the country's ...
New Zealand parliament erupts in dramatic political theater over controversial bill redefining Indigenous Maori rights.
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says he’s proud of yesterday’s commotion during the Treaty Principles Bill debates and ...