The MP was soon joined by others in the public gallery. New Zealand's youngest MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, on Thursday tore up a copy of the contentious Treaty Principles Bill and performed a ...

Māori lawmakers have performed an emotive 'Haka' protest dance in opposition to a contentious race relations bill ... fabric of this nation," said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi in a press ...

New Zealand MPs performed the traditional Maori haka in Parliament, halting proceedings over a controversial treaty bill. The bill seeks to narrow the interpretation of the historic Treaty of Waitangi ...

Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand’s parliament with a powerful haka performance, opposing a contentious bill that seeks to reinterpret the country’s foundational Treaty of Waitangi.

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.

In a powerful display of protest, Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill and performed the traditional Maori haka, igniting a wave of support from fellow MPs and ...

A heated protest broke out in New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday as Maori lawmakers performed a haka in opposition to a controversial bill seeking to redefine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.