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New Zealand MP trio handed record suspensions over haka protest

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The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025

Three New Zealand MPs suspended for performing haka in parliament

MPs criticise ban saying Māori would not be silenced

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025

New Zealand Parliament suspends three lawmakers for performing protest haka

The three politicians from New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori party performed the haka when asked if they supported a controversial bill looking to redefine the country's founding treaty with Māori people.

Euronews · Jun 5, 2025

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How controversy over Maori haka sparked chaos in New Zealand parliament

The haka is a cherished cultural symbol, but this one has ignited a fiery debate

The Independent UK · May 20, 2025

New Zealand MPs suspended for performing haka in parliament

The penalties are understood to be the harshest ever imposed on MPs in the country

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Māori lawmakers who performed a protest haka receive temporary bans from New Zealand's Parliament

Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by performing a haka, a chanting dance of challenge, directed at their opponents

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country's founding Treaty of Waitangi

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025

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