NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill — has highlighted the tension in Aotearoa New Zealand between Māori tikanga, or customs, and the rules of Parliament.
VIDEO: New Zealand Parliament Suspended As MPs Perform Haka In Protest Over Bill To Limit Maori Rights
New Zealand’s parliament was disrupted by a haka on Nov. 14, during the reading of a controversial bill that proposes to alter the way the country’s treaty between the indigenous Maori and the British Crown is interpreted.
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Thousands march on New Zealand capital against Indigenous treaty overhaulNew Zealand police reported that about 10,000 people marched through the town of Rotorua in protest against the Treaty ...
Clarke, who is the youngest MP in Parliament, ripped the bill, other MPs and spectators joined her in the haka ...
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A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...
Thousands marched in New Zealand on Friday, protesting a controversial bill that seeks to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi.
Thousands of people joined a march towards New Zealand's national capital after a contentious bill that would reinterpret the ...
Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP, staged a protest in Parliament by ripping up the controversial Treaty Principles Bill and ...
New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke stages a powerful protest in Parliament, tearing up a controversial bill and ...
Australia’s ABC News called it a ” landmark vote” on the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday. International news agency ...
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