Maori MPs’ Haka Dance Suspends New Zealand Parliament
The New Zealand parliament was suspended on Thursday after Maori MPs performed the haka dance in protest of a bill.
New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill
Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
New Zealand's indigenous Maori people march against Treaty Principles Bill
Approximately 10,000 protesters marched through Rotorua, New Zealand, voicing their opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill. As they made their way south towards the capital, Wellington, they were greeted by hundreds of supporters waving the Maori flag, the New Zealand police said.
New Zealand's MP Tears 'Anti-Maori' Bill With War Dance In Parliament; Watch
New Zealand’s youngest Member of Parliament, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, has once again captured national and international attention. The 22-year-old Te Pāti Maori MP staged a powerful protest against the contentious Treaty Principles Bill, by performing haka and tearing up a copy of the proposed legislation during a heated session in Parliament.
New Zealand parliament members cry out against bill threatening Maori communities
Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous groups, as contentious legislation moves forward that could threaten Maori support systems.
Maori Protesters March on New Zealand Capital Over Contentious Bill
First signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, the treay lays down how the two parties agreed to govern. The interpretation of clauses in the docum
New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka during meeting
New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on an Indigenous rights bill.
Watch: New Zealand MPs stage haka protest against Indigenous treaty bill in parliament
New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday November 14 after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
New Zealanders Stage 'HAKA' Protest, march towards Wellington against Indigenous Treaty Bill
Thousands joined a march toward New Zealand's national capital on November 15 after a contentious Indigenous treaty bill. Several rallies protesting against the Treaties Bill are being staged in towns across the country as a nine-day march.
Thousands march on New Zealand capital against Indigenous treaty overhaul
New Zealand police reported that about 10,000 people marched through the town of Rotorua in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill on Friday, greeted by hundreds waving the Ma
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