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New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka in protest

todayJune 5, 2025

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New Zealand lawmakers Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, top left, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, bottom left, and Rawiri Waititi, bottom right, watch as other legislators debate their proposed bans in parliament in Wellington on Thursday, June 5, 2025.

The suspended lawmakers from the Māori Party performed the haka, a dance of challenge, last November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

(Image credit: Charlotte Graham-McLay)

Written by: Prometheus

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