Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill — has highlighted the tension in Aotearoa New Zealand between Māori tikanga, or customs, ...
Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
Led by Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, opposition MPs and members of the public gallery brought parliament to a halt on Thursday afternoon as she ripped a copy of the Treaty Principles ...