Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
"Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of the bill as she stood to lead the haka in parliament. Members from ...
New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has once again grabbed headlines after a video of her performing the traditional ...
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says he’s proud of yesterday’s commotion during the Treaty Principles Bill debates and ...
Work has involved billion-dollar land settlements, embrace of the Māori language, guaranteed representation in central and ...
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a "formal and unreserved" apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse ...
Seymour’s mean little Treaty Principles Bill prefers toi live in denial about our colonial legacy. It does so in the name of a bogus “equality” that assumes everyone in New Zealand enjoys equal access ...
The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the ...
Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and ...
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.
In April 2023, I moved to Wellington, New Zealand. As a U.S. citizen, I had reached a point where I felt that the politics of my country were no longer a good fit for the life that I wanted to live. A ...
Wāhine Māori claimed five of the six prestigious awards at the ... “It was a special night and wonderful to have so many people there who have contributed to Torere’s success.” Earlier this year, ...