Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were handed a suspension for 21 days while New Zealand's ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from parliament for three politicians who performed a Maori ...

New Zealand's parliament hands record suspensions to three Indigenous Māori MPs after they performed a haka to protest a ...

The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ...

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Inside and outside parliament, the haka has increasingly been welcomed as an important part of New Zealand life. The sacred chant can be a challenge to the viewer but is not violent. As Maori ...

and in Paris by athletes from New Zealand’s Olympic team. While the best-known haka is “ka mate,” the chant often performed by the All Blacks rugby team before games, there are many variants.

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged ...