That is the harshest penalty ever assigned to New Zealand politicians; the previous record was three days. This month, Parliament Speaker Gerry Brownlee scheduled a rare, unlimited debate in ...

The New Zealand MPs who protested constitutional reforms with haka on the floor of parliament will receive suspensions believed to be the most severe ever issued in the institution's 170-year history.

But one haka performed in protest in New Zealand’s Parliament by three legislators last November has provoked fierce division among lawmakers about whether it was an act of peaceful dissent ...

Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and her colleagues from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, Debbie ...

How Uproar Over a Māori Haka, Beloved in New Zealand Life, Sowed Chaos and Gridlock in Parliament WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New ...