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Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe ...
Parliament is preparing for a lengthy and tense debate over penalties handed to Te Pāti Māori for last year’s controversial haka in the House.
Parliament is staring down the barrel of a protracted debate in the House surrounding the proposed penalty for Te Pāti Māori ...
Three Māori lawmakers are facing possible suspension from New Zealand’s parliament after performing a protest haka last year over a bill that would redefine the country’s founding document. Parliament ...
A New Zealand parliamentary committee has proposed that three Māori MPs be suspended from parliament for their protest haka ...
Students lined a Hamilton street to perform a powerful haka as the body of their 14-year-old classmate was driven past.
The New Zealand MPs who protested constitutional reforms with the haka on the floor of parliament will receive suspensions ...
Three New Zealand Māori Party MPs are facing the most severe parliamentary suspensions in the nation's history for performing ...
Three Indigenous lawmakers in New Zealand face suspension for performing a haka during a parliamentary session. The ...
They said that the haka – a ceremonial Maori dance made world-famous by the country’s men’s rugby team, the All Blacks – could have intimidated other politicians and constituted contempt ...