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New Zealand Parliament Suspended

Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.

The New York Times · 17h

New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill

Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

CNN on MSN · 1d

New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

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"Do not negate 184 years of debate": Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash

The controversial Treaty Principles Bill would end the Māori right of self-determination outlined in a nearly 200-year-old ...

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Watch: New Zealand's youngest MP stirs Parliament with Māori 'haka' call, tears up controversial bill

New Zealand's parliament witnessed dramatic scenes as a controversial bill proposing to redefine the country's founding ...

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Bill to legalize assisted-dying introduced in British Parliament

The British parliament published an assisted-dying draft bill Tuesday that would give terminally ill adults with less than ...

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Proposed assisted dying bill for England and Wales rekindles debate over choice and ethics

Details about a proposed law to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales have been published, rekindling debate on the ...

The News International1d

Maori MPs defy Indigenous bill with haka in New Zealand parliament

Later, she started performing a haka with other opposition members joining her when parliamentarians gathered for a ...

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