FACT CHECK: Was A Vote In New Zealand Parliament Stopped By Maori Haka Dancing?
A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori tribal representatives started doing a traditional Haka dance. Verdict: False The Māori’s delayed the bill’s first reading,
New Zealand Parliament suspended after Haka protest
New Zealand Parliament was temporarily suspended on Nov. 14 after opposition lawmakers in the New Zealand Parliament performed the Haka in protest of a controversial bill. The bill aims to redefine the country's 1840 treaty with the indigenous Maori people.
Around 42,000 people take to the streets of Wellington in anger at proposed legislation to ‘reinterpret’ country’s founding ...
Lawmakers of the Indigenous Māori group staged the ceremonial dance to protest a contentious Bill, referencing a nearly ...
Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against ...
Opposition to a contentious bill caused tens of thousands of protesters to gather outside New Zealand parliament on Tuesday.
What was likely the country’s largest-ever protest in support of Māori rights followed a long tradition of peaceful marches ...
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