New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous …
18 hours ago · New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill …
23 hours ago · Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New ...
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand's parliament …
1 day ago · A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown. ... Luxon told Seymour his party would vote for the treaty bill once, while promising publicly that it would go no ...
Thousands march on New Zealand capital against Indigenous treaty ...
15 hours ago · 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 Maori flag as they ...
New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform …
15 hours ago · Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people. transcript Oh, oh don’t do that. The House is ...
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret …
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.
Maori protesters march on New Zealand capital over contentious bill
12 hours ago · Opponents of the bill, which would reinterpret New Zealand’s 184-year-old founding document, say it undermines the rights of the country’s Indigenous people. ... Treaty Principles Bill are ...
New Zealand MPs Disrupt Parliament With Haka to Protest Indigenous …
1 day ago · The ACT New Zealand party, a junior partner in the ruling centre-right coalition government, last week unveiled a bill to enshrine a narrower interpretation of the Waitangi treaty in law.
Maori protesters march on New Zealand capital over contentious bill
19 hours ago · Thousands of people joined a march towards New Zealand's national capital on Friday after a contentious bill that would reinterpret the country's 184-year-old founding document passed its first ...
New Zealand Parliament suspended after haka protest
1 day ago · New Zealand Parliament was suspended on Thursday after a group of Māori MPs began a haka in protest over a contentious bill. The bill to reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and ...