Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has highlighted the tension between Māori tikanga, or customs, and the rules of the New Zealand Parliament.
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Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has highlighted the tension between Māori tikanga, or customs, and the rules of the New Zealand Parliament.
When called on to cast Te Pāti Māori's vote, MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke instead launched into a haka, ripping a copy of the legislation in half.
She was joined by other opposition MPs and onlookers, prompting Speaker Gerry Brownlee to temporarily suspend Parliament and clear out the public gallery.
Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest interrupted the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill.
RNZ (www.rnz.co.nz)
#ToitūTeTiriti #TogetherForTeTiriti #EpicProtest #AbsolutelyJustified
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fully one fifth of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s population is Māori—a million tangata whenua—and the current conservative coalition government introducing the far-right ACT party’s racist colonialist “Treaty Principles” [Wrecking Ball] Bill is damaging the entire country. that garbage bill deserves to be ripped up, stomped on, and stopped cold in its tracks. shame on every MP and party that voted for it on the first reading. #NZpol #ToitūTeTiriti #TogetherForTeTiriti
