Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race relations bill that has ignited protests across the country. A contentious ...

A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march – a tradition of the Maori – was ...

In political news outside the U.S., New Zealand Parliament was briefly suspended yesterday after Maori members performed a haka, a traditional ceremonial group dance, to disrupt the vote on a ...

New Zealand’s parliament was also temporarily halted by Maori politicians performing a haka in protest in early November, in scenes that were seen around the world. A Waitangi Tribunal report ...

The reaction was loud, swift, and viral. When some Maori lawmakers, led by the country's youngest member of Parliament, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, launched into a haka, a ceremonial dance ...

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.

Former Minister of Maori Development, Willie Jackson, has said the NZ Labour Party should consider apologising to the late ...

(CHANTING) ALI ROGIN: ... when some Maori lawmakers, led by the country's youngest member of Parliament, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, launched into a haka, a ceremonial dance, in protest. KASSIE ...

Te Pati Maori MPs paid respects to Turia at the tangihanga in Whanganui yesterday. The long-serving Member of Parliament first joined as a Labour MP, then split from the party in 2004 over the ...

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday (14 November), after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that could reinterpret an 184-year-old ...