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.

Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty ...

New Zealand's parliament witnessed dramatic scenes as a controversial bill proposing to redefine the country's founding ...

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Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of New Zealand’s Māori party rose and began a Haka, tearing a copy of the proposed law in half.

Following Maipi-Clarke ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge, it led to a roar from the opposition lawmakers and ...

A fiery display by 22-year-old Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealand’s youngest MP, went viral after she ripped up the ...

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

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

New Zealand MPs performed the traditional Maori haka in Parliament, halting proceedings over a controversial treaty bill. The ...