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 ...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley
Her comments come after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called the bill “simplistic” and “unhelpful”, and former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson — who negotiated more settlements than ...
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Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, Dame Jenny Shipley says
Voting on the bill was interrupted when Te Pāti Māori’s Hauraki Waikato MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tore up a copy of the ...
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Maori lawmakers perform haka to disrupt controversial bill vote in New Zealand
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.