Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.

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

Nearly ten thousand people took to the streets in New Zealand to protest the introduction of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament. Critics said the bill, if passed, could reverse the ...

Following Maipi-Clarke ringing haka – a rhythmic Maori chant of challenge, it led to a roar from the opposition lawmakers and ...

A fiery display by 22-year-old Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealand’s youngest MP, went viral after she ripped up the ...

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

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

New Zealand MPs performed the traditional Maori haka in Parliament, halting proceedings over a controversial treaty bill. The ...

In an extraordinary display of unity and defiance, Maori MPs and spectators erupted into a powerful haka in New Zealand's ...

New Zealand's parliament was halted by MPs performing a haka on Thursday (Nov 14) in protest over a controversial bill which ...

Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP, performed a haka during House proceedings, opposing a bill that reinterprets a treaty ...

Thousands of protesters are due to arrive in New Zealand's capital, Wellington, on Tuesday for what is likely to be one of the largest race relations marches in the country’s history ...