Proposed Punishment for Te Pāti Māori MPs for Treaty Principles Haka Stands

New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 Māori Party lawmakers for haka protest

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.

3 New Zealand MPs Banned From Parliament For Staging Haka Protests

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor.

New Zealand’s Parliament Suspends Maori Lawmakers Over Haka Protest

The harsh penalty was handed down to three members of the opposition who said they were voicing their community’s displeasure with proposed legislation.

New Zealand passes record suspension of lawmakers over haka

The New Zealand Parliament has voted to impose record suspensions on three lawmakers who did a Maori haka as a protest. The incident took place last November during a debate on a law on Indigenous rights.

New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given record suspensions

Parliament votes to enact punishment after hours of fraught debate including attitudes towards Māori cultureNew Zealand legislators have voted to enact record parliamentary suspensions for three MPs who performed a Māori haka to protest against a controversial proposed law.Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Te Pāti Māori (the Māori party), Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barr…

Proposed punishment for Te Pāti Māori MPs for Treaty Principles haka stands

Opposition parties tried to reject the recommendation, but did not have the numbers to vote it down.