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New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three Māori lawmakers for staging a protest that included performing the haka, a traditional Māori dance, in opposition to a controversial bill. Rawiri ...
In an unprecedented move that has sparked a remarkable debate on parliamentary decorum and free expression, New Zealand’s Parliament suspended three lawmakers from the Māori Party for performing a ...
Three New Zealand MPs suspended for performing haka in parliament - MPs criticise ban saying Māori would not be silenced ...
New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka ...
The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ...
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The harsh penalty was handed down to three members of the opposition who said they were voicing their community’s displeasure with proposed legislation.
The haka drew global headlines and provoked months of fraught debate among lawmakers about what the consequences for the lawmakers' actions should be.
A new memoir by the former Prime Minister revisits her time in office but doesn’t explain the confounding transformation the ...
New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori ...
The three politicians from New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori party performed the haka when asked if they supported a controversial ...