Māori lawmakers performed a traditional haka dance to protest a New Zealand bill that could redefine the country's ...

A video of Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke took social media by storm. A young New Zealand parliamentarian tore a copy of the controversial Indigenous Treaty Principles Bill on the floor of ...

New Zealand ... the powerful dance. She was soon joined by others in the public gallery, prompting Speaker Gerry Brownlee to briefly suspend the House. The Maori haka is a traditional performance ...

Māori lawmakers performed a traditional haka dance to protest a New Zealand bill. On Thursday, Nov. 14, Parliament was suspended after opposition lawmakers performed the dance while the bill was ...

On Thursday, when the parliamentarians gathered for the voting Te Pati Maori MPs stood and as a protest they began a haka, a traditional Maori dance made famous by New Zealand’s rugby team.

The proposed bill could redefine the country's relationship with Indigenous people AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, right, in 2024 Māori lawmakers performed a traditional ...

New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi ... who ripped up a copy of the bill and performed the traditional Maori dance of haka. Other members of the House and spectators in the gallery joined ...

Maori lawmakers leave their seats to perform a traditional haka dance in protest against a bill that aims to reinterpret a document seen as New Zealand's founding treaty with its Indigenous people ...

By Qasim Nauman New Zealand’s Parliament was temporarily suspended on Thursday as Māori lawmakers performed a haka, a traditional group dance, demonstrating their community’s anger and fear ...