A haka performed by Maori MPs in protest of a proposed bill led to suspended Parliament proceedings in New Zealand and ...

Its report recommended Ms Maipi-Clarke, who the committee said showed contrition in a letter, be suspended for seven days and ...

The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural ...

The report recommended that Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is New Zealand’s youngest politician, be suspended from ...

Debate over an unprecedented punishment for New Zealand opposition MPs who broke out in Haka during a vote has been deferred. Lawmakers are questioning whether it was an act of peaceful dissent or ...

ACT asked for advice on the full range of possible punishments for Te Pati Maori MPs following last year's Treaty Principles haka - including imprisonment. The Privileges Committee ended up ...

Three Indigenous lawmakers in New Zealand face suspension for performing a haka during a parliamentary session. The ...

Indigenous Maori lawmakers have decried a push to temporarily banish them from New Zealand’s parliament, after disrupting the ...

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. A New Zealand government committee has recommended that three ...

Three members of the Maori Party faced suspension after performing a haka during a vote. The protest was against the Treaty Principles Bill. The bill aimed to reinterpret New Zealand’s founding ...