Māori, New Zealand and Haka

New Zealand Lawmakers Explode in Powerful Haka Chant on Parliament Floor to Protest Controversial Bill Threatening Māori Rights
The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the principle of equal rights."
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate
Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and protect their interests.
New Zealand Parliament suspended after haka protest over Māori rights bill
As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the bill, stood and began a haka.
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty
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.
Māori lawmakers perform Haka in New Zealand parliament protesting controversial proposed law
New Zealand's parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected during a vote on a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
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 British and Indigenous Maori.
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest treaty bill
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Dance of Defiance: NZ MP Hana-Rawhiti Performs Haka In Parliament, Tears Up Waitangi Treaty Bill
Wellington: New Zealand’s youngest MP, Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, is once again making headlines. This time, she’s back in the spotlight after performing a traditional Maori dance and dramatically ripping up a copy of a controversial bill during a parliamentary session.
Senior Māori MPs Rawiri Waititi, Shane Jones trade blows on haka, pornography after Treaty bill row
Barbs are flying between senior Māori MPs after Parliament descended into chaos during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill when one of Te Pāti Māori’s new members was ejected from the ...
Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori - former minister
National's former Treaty negotiations minister says some MPs are more concerned about their careers than the party's history ...
Watch: New Zealand MPs perform haka in parliament to disrupt debate on Māori rights
Credit: X/@Maori_Party New Zealand’s parliament descended into chaos as Māori members staged a haka in protest against ...
What is the Treaty of Waitangi and why is it sparking huge Māori protests in New Zealand?
Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill ...
An NZ inquiry has damned the abuse of thousands of people in care, who were disproportionately Māori
An estimated 200,000 people in state, foster and faith-based care suffered "unimaginable" abuse over a period of seven ...
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‘I get paid for my outputs, not because I am Māori’: why Indigenous researchers often face double duty
Amanda Black’s work has shown that healthy soil structures depend on the synergy of a large variety of organisms — and so ...
Watch: Speaker suspends House after haka by Te Pāti Māori interrupts Treaty Principles Bill vote
The Treaty Principles Bill will face its first vote on Thursday afternoon in what is expected to be a heated session in ...
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Far North students inspired at first te reo Māori immersion careers workshops
But the events at Ngāwhā Innovation Park’s Mahinga centre were a national first among these – the workshops were conducted ...
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Bound by Blood: The Māori All Blacks' Journey of Heritage and Unity
"One of the things about the Māori environment is that it is very Māori in regard to the way they jest all the time; there's a lot of kōrero and a lot of people taking the mickey out of each ...