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.
Phil Walter / Getty Images During the vote, 22-year-old Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke — who is the country's youngest-ever member ...
They arrived Tuesday to oppose a law that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British ...
Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and her colleagues in the debating chamber and the public gallery broke a whole lot of rules last ...
ACT leader David Seymour and Te Pāti Māori co-leader Ngarewa-Packer have spoken to reporters as a hīkoi against his ...
The bill, introduced by the Act political party, which is part of the country's ruling coalition, argues that New Zealand ...
Te Pāti Māori and the Act Party are claiming victory over the response to a video from Thursday’s Treaty Principles Bill ...
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