US EditionNew Zealand Parliament suspends 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka in protest
- On June 5, 2025, New Zealand Parliament debated proposed suspensions for three Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a Treaty Principles haka inside Parliament.
- The suspensions followed a Privileges Committee recommendation supported only by coalition parties, while opposition and Greens criticized the penalties as disproportionate or too harsh.
- The Committee recommended suspending Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for 21 days each, while MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was proposed for a seven-day suspension; all suspensions include loss of salary, voting privileges, and the right to be present in Parliament.
- Polling from May 23-30, 2025, showed 54.2% of voters supported or wanted stronger penalties while 75.3% of Greens supporters called them too harsh and National and ACT supporters viewed them as too lenient.
- The debate continued with Speaker Gerry Brownlee allowing full discussion, while Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi urged a swift resolution to avoid prolonged delays.
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Three Maori MPs suspended over haka protest
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor. Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banished from parliament for 21 days, the longest-ever suspension. Fellow Maori Party lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealand’s youngest current MP, was suspended for seven days. The bans stem from…
'Punished for being Māori': New Zealand MPs suspended for haka protest - Overpasses For America
Key Points Three New Zealand MPs have been suspended for performing a haka in parliament. They claim they have been punished for being Māori. A parliamentary privelege commitee had recommended the suspension. New Zealand’s parliament agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous MPs who last year performed a haka, a traditional Māori dance, disrupting the reading of a controversial bill. A parliamentary privileges committee in…
Māori lawmakers performed Haka in the New Zealand parliament. Now they are suspended.
New Zealand legislators suspended three Māori lawmakers on June 5 after they performed a Haka, a chanting dance of challenge. The lawmakers aimed to protest a bill that could endanger Indigenous rights.
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