But proceedings were derailed when 22-year-old Maori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke took to her feet, ripped the bill in half, and launched into the haka. The rest of her party strode onto the ...

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.

A number of non-Māori were doing the haka from their seats during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill and haven't ...

And even before the young New Zealand MP performed the Haka in Parliament ... This language of the Haka allows the Maori to share their stories and emotions in ways that are above and beyond ...

After it was presented for debate in parliament last week, 22-year-old Maori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke took to her feet in the chamber, ripped the bill in half, and launched into a haka.

Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has ...

New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial ... Opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke began the traditional ...

Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race relations bill that has ignited protests across the country. A contentious ...