Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris ‘deliberately misled’ House, should apologise – committee
The Privileges Committee has found Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris deliberately misled the House and recommended he be required to apologise for denying he had called other MPs “liars”. A report just ...
New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country’s Māori name in Parliament
The speaker of New Zealand’s Parliament has told lawmakers that he will not consider further complaints about the use of the ...
New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...
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New Zealand is up in arms over Maori rights bill
A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents ...
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Wild scenes in New Zealand's Parliament as haka stops proceedings
A 'floor shaking' Haka has brought the New Zealand Parliament to a standstill when Maori politicians opposed ... disrespectful conduct inside the House' The Treaty Principles Bill has now passed ...
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Meet New Zealand's youngest MP whose Māori Haka dance in Parliament has gone viral
Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke is a 22-year-old MP in New Zealand, representing Te Pati Maori in the Parliament. She is the youngest sitting MP in the House in nearly two hundred years.
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...