Tens of thousands march in New Zealand Maori rights protest
Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine the nation's founding treaty. Protests have been swelling throughout New Zealand after a minor party in the conservative coalition government drafted a bill to redefine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
VIDEO: New Zealand Parliament Suspended As MPs Perform Haka In Protest Over Bill To Limit Maori Rights
A vote on the bill was suspended when opposition parties and people in the public gallery joined in the haka, led by Patri Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who also ripped up a copy of the bill.
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New Zealand Parliament echoes with MP’s ‘Maori Haka’! What is it, when and how it is performed – All you need to knowA video of the youngest MP of New Zealand’s Parliament, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, has been going viral on social media. In ...
Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...
Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race ...
This is the moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with a haka to protest against a treaty bill. New Zealand’s ...
The New Zealand parliament was suspended on Thursday after Maori MPs performed the haka dance in protest of a bill.
According to NBC, a haka is a Maori dance that was "traditionally ... the act of protest "disrespectful," the Times reported. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT/AFPTV/AFP via Getty The Treaty of Waitangi ...
which seeks to reinterpret New Zealand’s foundational agreement between the British Crown and the Maori people. Maipi-Clarke used the opportunity to perform a haka, or war dance. She tore up a ...
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‘Haka Queen,’ Who is Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, youngest New Zealand MP who rocked ParliamentOnce again, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has gone viral as her protest in New Zealand protest hogged limelight. Maipi-Clarke ...
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