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 Protesters March on New Zealand Capital Over Contentious Bill
An estimated 10,000 people marched through Rotorua, about 450 km (280 miles) north of Wellington, New Zealand police said in a statement. Protesters, some wearing traditional clothing, were greeted by hundreds waving the Maori flag and chanting.
Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP, performed a haka during House proceedings, opposing a bill that reinterprets a treaty ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended ... and protect their interests in return ...
Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke stood and began a ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge – which swelled to a ...
New Zealand’s parliament descended into chaos as Maori members staged a haka in protest against a bill that would ...
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