The proposed bill could redefine the country's relationship with Indigenous people Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people. By Qasim Nauman New Zealand’s Parliament was ...

In a powerful display of protest, New Zealand’s parliament paused as MPs performed a haka, the traditional Māori dance, ...

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. The haka is a powerful ...

New Zealand Parliament saw a fiery session on Thursday after Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, who is also the youngest MP in the Parliament, ripped up a copy of the Indigenous Treaty Bill ...

new video loaded: New Zealand Parliament Suspends Lawmakers for Haka Dance Protest transcript “And he uttered the words: [Speaking in Maori] Take the noose from around my neck so that I may sing my ...

Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race relations bill that has ignited protests across the country. The Barron's news ...

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks Thursday over a protest haka they performed against a contentious bill in Parliament last year. The lawmakers drew ...

Māori lawmakers performed a traditional haka dance to protest a New Zealand bill. On Thursday, Nov. 14, Parliament was suspended after opposition lawmakers performed the dance while the bill was read, ...