A haka performed by Maori MPs in protest of a proposed bill led to suspended Parliament proceedings in New Zealand and ...

Parliament is debating the fate of three Te Pāti Māori MPs today, after the Privileges Committee found they broke ...

The much-anticipated debate surrounding the punishment for Te Pati Maori has been abruptly cut short - after a surprise vote from the coalition to delay it till next month. The unexpected development ...

Indigenous rights Te Pati Maori party legislators' suspension request debate postponed until after budget debate on Thursday ...

Its report recommended Ms Maipi-Clarke, who the committee said showed contrition in a letter, be suspended for seven days and ...

The Privileges Committee recommended suspending Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for 21 days but the House, in the initial stages of the expected debate, was turned ...

The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Maori people but it’s become a beloved cultural ins ...

Government debt is the worst it’s been since the 1990s but today, two days out from a budget designed to fix it, our Parliamentarians be debating a haka.&n ...

They are being sanctioned because they broke the rules of the House, they behaved in a disorderly manner, and they ...

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. A New Zealand government committee has recommended that three ...

This decision has sparked outrage from Te Pati Maori, who view it as a disproportionate punishment for resisting colonial power. Three Maori MPs face suspension from New Zealand's Parliament over ...

Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pati Maori, the Maori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by ...