Māori, New Zealand and Haka

New Zealand Lawmakers Explode in Powerful Haka Chant on Parliament Floor to Protest Controversial Bill Threatening Māori Rights
The bill objects to certain to "ethnic quotas in public institutions," arguing protections for Māori culture defy "the principle of equal rights."
Watch: New Zealand MPs perform haka in parliament to disrupt debate on Māori rights
Two Māori MPs were removed from the chamber for protesting a bill that ‘reinterprets’ rights for the country’s Indigenous people
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate
Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and protect their interests.
New Zealand Parliament suspended after haka protest over Māori rights bill
As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pāti Māori MPs physically tore a copy of the bill, stood and began a haka.
New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill
New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
New Zealand Parliament Debates Controversial Bill as Protesters March on Capital
New Zealand's parliament on Thursday began a heated debate on a contentious bill aimed at reinterpreting the country's founding agreement as hundreds of protesters continued their march toward the country's capital.
Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori - former minister
National's former Treaty negotiations minister says some MPs are more concerned about their careers than the party's history ...
What is the Treaty of Waitangi and why is it sparking huge Māori protests in New Zealand?
Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill ...
An NZ inquiry has damned the abuse of thousands of people in care, who were disproportionately Māori
An estimated 200,000 people in state, foster and faith-based care suffered "unimaginable" abuse over a period of seven ...
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‘I get paid for my outputs, not because I am Māori’: why Indigenous researchers often face double duty
Amanda Black’s work has shown that healthy soil structures depend on the synergy of a large variety of organisms — and so ...
Watch: Speaker suspends House after haka by Te Pāti Māori interrupts Treaty Principles Bill vote
The Treaty Principles Bill will face its first vote on Thursday afternoon in what is expected to be a heated session in ...
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Far North students inspired at first te reo Māori immersion careers workshops
But the events at Ngāwhā Innovation Park’s Mahinga centre were a national first among these – the workshops were conducted ...
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As te reo Māori grows, so does the search for trilingual interpreters
Deaf Māori are often isolated from their culture and community due to a critical shortage of trilingual interpreters fluent ...
Govt Axes Specialist Māori Body Advising Pharmac Without Consulting Māori
Pharmac only established Te Rōpū in 2021 after a damning independent review of the agency and health outcomes for Māori, ...
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Bound by Blood: The Māori All Blacks' Journey of Heritage and Unity
"One of the things about the Māori environment is that it is very Māori in regard to the way they jest all the time; there's a lot of kōrero and a lot of people taking the mickey out of each ...