New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka

New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
New Zealand lawmakers use haka to protest controversial bill
A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected on Thursday when a ringing haka began – a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge – over a controversial bill redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
Watch: New Zealand MPs perform haka in parliament to disrupt debate on Māori rights
New Zealand’s parliament descended into chaos as Māori members staged a haka in protest against a bill that would “reinterpret” the country’s founding treaty.
Contentious New Zealand bill leads to Maori protests, including in Parliament
New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
Maori MPs shut down New Zealand parliament with haka protest
New Zealand’s parliament was brought to a halt on Thursday as Maori MPs staged a haka protest on the floor to protest a controversial “equal rights” bill.
New Zealand lawmakers stage a haka protest in parliament
Maori lawmakers stage a haka to protest a contentious New Zealand indigenous rights bill :::: Wellington, New ZealandThe ACT New Zealand party, a junior partner in the country's centre-right coalition government,
New Zealand Parliament suspended after haka protest over Māori rights bill
As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the bill, stood and began a haka.
Legislators stage Maori protest in New Zealand’s parliament
A controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown is unlikely to become law.
The moment New Zealand parliament was disrupted by haka protest
Māori politicians are protesting against a bill that could change New Zealand's founding treaty with the Indigenous people. | ITV National News
New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka in Parliament
A group of MPs in New Zealand performed a haka, a traditional Māori performance, in Parliament on Thursday to express opposition to a proposed law that seeks to redefine a treaty between the Crown and Indigenous people.
Māori lawmakers perform Haka in New Zealand parliament protesting controversial proposed law
New Zealand's parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected during a vote on a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
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