Speaker Gerry Brownlee has referred four MPs to the Privileges Committee for their involvement in a haka amid the vote on the Treaty Principles Bill ....

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Speaker refers four MPs to Privileges Committee after haka in the House

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The video has been viewed more than 700 million times, but it is the view of Parliament’s Privileges Committee, which will determine the fate of four MPs who performed a haka (a traditional Māori challenge) that interrupted a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill.
Their performance during the first reading of the Bill, which seeks to codify the meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi into law, made headlines worldwide.
As parties were called on to state …

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NZ MPs in Official Trouble Over Haka in Parliament

MPs from Te Pāti Māori and Labour have been referred by the speaker for their "disorderly and disruptive" haka

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Three MPs from the Māori Party and one from Labour have been referred to the Privileges Committee after they interrupted voting on a contentious bill. 
The video has been viewed more than 700 million times, but it is the view of Parliament’s Privileges Committee, which will determine the fate of four MPs who performed a haka (a traditional Māori challenge) that interrupted a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill. Their performance during the first …

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Australian National Review - NZ MPs in Official Trouble Over Haka in Parliament

Speaker Gerry Brownlee has referred four MPs, including Labour’s Peeni Henare and Te Pāti Māori’s Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi, and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, to the Privileges Committee for performing a haka during a critical vote on the Treaty Principles Bill. Brownlee labelled their actions as “disorderly,” citing the disruption caused by MPs leaving their seats and approaching the bill’s promoter, David Seymour. The haka, initiated …

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