The Honourable Sir Mark Cooper (Ngāti Mahanga, Waikato-Tainui). Former President of the Court of Appeal from April 2022 to ...

Three Maori MPs face suspension from New Zealand's Parliament over performing a haka to protest the Treaty Principles Bill. The parliamentary privileges committee recommended suspensions for ...

West Auckland's ambitious new Māori-led creative hub, Te Puna, aims to revitalise local industry and culture despite challenging economic conditions. A new creative industry hub with a distinctly ...

A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended suspending three Māori Members of Parliament for performing a protest haka during a parliamentary sitting last year. The haka, a traditional ...

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke derailed parliament in November when she ripped a copy of the proposed laws. Indigenous Maori lawmakers have decried a push to temporarily banish them from New Zealand's ...

Maori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, 22, derailed parliament in November when she ripped a copy of the proposed laws in half while performing a spirited traditional chant. She was joined by ...

Three Māori Party MPs in New Zealand face unprecedented parliamentary suspensions for performing a haka protest. The protest was in response to an attempt to strip rights given to Māori at New ...

A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Maori politicians for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year. The haka is a ...

The head of Parliament's powerful Privileges Commitee says the decision to impose an unprecedented punishment on Te Pāti Māori MPs over a protest haka was not taken lightly. But Te Pāti Māori's lawyer ...

These are all sensible recommendations, fitting the circumstances for each MP. The most important thing to understand is this is not punishing MPs for doing a haka. Hakas are often done in the House.

The Treaty Principles Bill was a reform championed by the right-wing ACT Party to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi in law, stripping rights given to Maori at New Zealand's foundation. The Maori ...

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and Te Pati Maori co-leader ...