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The New York Times on MSN · 8h

New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill

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 over a bill that aims to reinterpret the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

People on MSN · 22m

Māori Lawmakers Perform Traditional Haka Dance to Protest New Zealand Bill

The Treaty of Waitangi, which is the focus of the proposed bill, dates back to 1840 and is considered New Zealand's founding document. The agreement was signed by Māori chiefs and the British monarchy and focused on rectifying wrongs done to the indigenous people when the country was colonized.

CNN on MSN · 11h

New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka

The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. The controversial legislation is seen by many Maori and their supporters as undermining the rights of the country’s Indigenous people,

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Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...

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Viral video | Social media stunned to watch ‘angry’ New Zealand MP in Parliament; here’s what it actually means

The Treaty Principles Bill, which aims to redefine the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, has sparked protests in New ...

The News International20h

Maori MPs defy Indigenous bill with haka in New Zealand parliament

Parliament was briefly suspended ... north of Wellington, New Zealand police said in a statement. Protesters, some ...

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