A New Zealand parliamentary committee has proposed that three Māori MPs be suspended from parliament for their protest haka during a sitting last year. Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ...

The report found that while both haka, Maori ceremonial dance, and song are not uncommon occurrences in parliament, members were aware permission from the speaker was needed beforehand unless they ...

New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular ...

The leaders of New Zealand’s Maori Party and one of their MPs face an unprecedented ban from parliament for performing a protest haka in the chamber last year during the reading of a contentious ...

Three Maori Party MPs will be temporarily banned from New Zealand ’s parliament for protesting a proposed law change with a haka.

New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.

Three MPs who led an animated protest against Maori treaty reforms last year have been handed temporary bans.

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.

New Zealand's youngest MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, on Thursday tore up a copy of the contentious Treaty Principles Bill and performed a traditional Maori haka during a House session.

This is the moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with a haka to protest against a treaty bill. New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday (14 November), after Maori ...

New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.