Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
A former prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law. The party's controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...
New Zealand's MP Raises Traditional Maori Chants To Protest Contentious Bill | Viral Video
Following Maipi-Clarke ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge, it led to a roar from the opposition lawmakers and ...
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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Of treaties, cabbages and kings
Act leader David Seymour is ignoring history and his own King in claiming nowhere in the world grants rights based on ...
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Government apology and Treaty divisions trump tax and banks
As expected, it does not include new taxes and certainly there is no mention of a capital gains tax. Instead, Watts said the ...
Treaty Principles Bill: National spooked as Te Pāti Māori’s parliament haka delivers more grist to Act’s David Seymour - Claire Trevett
Act’s Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday with support from National, Act and NZ First.
Incredible moment parliament grinds to a halt with defiant Haka from MPs
Thousands of protesters are due to arrive in New Zealand's capital, Wellington, on Tuesday for what is likely to be one of the largest race relations marches in the country’s history ...
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Willie Jackson, Maipi-Clarke suspended from House
The Speaker temporarily suspended the House, and when it reconvened half an hour later, he charged Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark ...
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Unprecedented haka protest staged in NZ parliament by Maori MPs over Indigenous treaty takes internet by storm
By introducing the Treaty Principles Bill, the ACT Party intends to shrine a narrower interpretation of the treaty in law.
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, ...
Why New Zealand’s Youngest MP, Other Māori Leaders Protested In Parliament With A ‘War Dance’
Clarke, 22, performed Māori tribe’s traditional war dance called Haka in the New Zealand Parliament over a controversial bill ...