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 ...

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 ...

Leader of the House Chris Bishop adjourned the debate on the Privileges Committee's suspension recommendation, after 20 minutes. The proposal was to suspend co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie ...

Parliament’s youngest MP has proposed a piece of legislation that, if enacted, would require MPs to learn about the Treaty and uphold its principles during their work as parliamentarians. Te Pāti ...

Parliament is debating the fate of three Te Pāti Māori MPs today, after the Privileges Committee found they broke ...

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

Indigenous rights Te Pati Maori party legislators' suspension request debate postponed until after budget debate on Thursday ...

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

The Privileges Committee recommended suspending Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for 21 days but the House, in the initial stages of the expected debate, was turned ...

Meanwhile Te Pati Maori responded on social media; “When Tangata whenua resist, colonial powers reach for maximum penalty,” ...

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 ...

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