The haka is far more than a war dance. It is an expression of identity, history, emotion, and intent. Its rhythms and gestures carry deep ancestral knowledge, offering both a bridge to the past and a ...

New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three Māori lawmakers for staging a protest that included performing the haka, a traditional Māori dance, in opposition to a controversial bill. Rawiri W ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor. Maori Party co ...

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor.

New Zealand legislators voted on Thursday (June 5, 2025) to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.

The lawmakers performed the haka, a chanting dance of challenge, in November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

New Zealand's parliament suspended three lawmakers on Thursday who performed a Māori haka in protest against a controversial proposed law that critics said would reverse indigenous rights.

New Zealand legislators suspended three Māori lawmakers on June 5 after they performed a Haka, a chanting dance of challenge. The lawmakers aimed to protest a bill that could endanger Indigenous ...

New Zealand’s parliament agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous legislators who last year performed a haka, a traditional Maori dance, disrupting the reading of a ...

The haka drew global headlines and provoked months of fraught debate among lawmakers about what the consequences for the lawmakers' actions should be.

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

new video loaded: New Zealand Parliament Suspends Lawmakers for Haka Dance Protest transcript “And he uttered the words: [Speaking in Maori] Take the noose from around my neck so that I may sing ...