Moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with haka in protest against treaty bill

WorldPolitics
14 Nov 2024 • 8:10 PM MYT
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This is the moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with a haka to protest against a treaty bill.

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday (14 November), after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that could reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill, Te Pati Maori MPs stood and began a haka, a traditional Maori dance made famous by New Zealand's rugby team.

Parliament was briefly suspended as people in the gallery joined in, and shouting drowned out others in the chamber.

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