Clarke, staged a dramatic protest in Parliament, leading a haka against the controversial Treaty Principles Bill ...

Maori Party MPs protest a controversial bill in New Zealand Parliament by performing a Haka and destroying copies, ...

The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to ...

The Treaty Principles Bill, which aims to redefine the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, has sparked protests in New ...

Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori stood and began a rhythmic Māori chant of challenge, which swelled to a roar as ...

The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, ...

Controversial legislation revises the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi granting Maori tribes land rights. Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march towards New Zealand’s capital over a ...

Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

Member of Parliament Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led the ceremonial performance of Māori culture, tearing up a controversial bill as other lawmakers joined her in protest.

Following Maipi-Clarke ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge, it led to a roar from the opposition lawmakers and ...

New Zealand parliament erupts in dramatic political theater over controversial bill redefining Indigenous Maori rights.