New Zealand’s parliament has voted to suspend three Māori MPs for their protest haka during a sitting last year. ..

New Zealand politicians have voted to enact record parliamentary suspensions for three MPs who performed a Māori haka to ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races.

The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ...

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and Te Pati Maori co-leader ...

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 ...

In New Zealand, three members of the Māori Party will be temporarily suspended from parliament over a haka performed during the first reading of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill last year.