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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 ...
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 ...
This frame grab taken from a New Zealand Parliament TV feed dated November 14, 2024 and released via AFPTV on November 15 shows Maori lawmakers performing the Haka, a traditional ceremonial dance ...
Both the New Zealand National Party and New Zealand First said they would not support the bill's passage into law. [20] Joel MacManus of The Spinoff estimated it was the largest protest Wellington had ever seen, and possibly the largest in New Zealand's history. [49] The BBC described it as "one of the biggest in the country's history". [41]
In the 2023 general election held on 14 October, Maipi-Clarke unseated incumbent Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta by a margin of 2,911 votes. [17] Elected at 21 years old, Maipi-Clarke became the second youngest member of Parliament in New Zealand, and the youngest in 170 years; [18] [6] [19] the only younger MP was James Stuart-Wortley, who lied about his age and was elected at age 20 in the country's ...
Rawiri Wikuki Waititi (born 17 October 1980 or 1981) is a New Zealand politician and iwi leader. He has been co-leader of Te Pāti Māori since 2020, alongside Debbie Ngarewa-Packer . He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Waiariki since 2020 , [ 2 ] when his election returned Te Pāti Māori to the New Zealand Parliament following ...
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.
A hīkoi is a walk or march, and especially a protest march, in New Zealand. The word comes from the Māori language , and often implies a long journey taking many days or weeks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The most famous hīkoi was the 1975 Māori Land March , on which supporters and protestors travelled the length of the North Island , from Te Hāpua to ...