Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
Thousands marched in New Zealand on Friday, protesting a controversial bill that seeks to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi.
"Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of the bill as she stood to lead the haka in parliament. Members from ...
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 ...