Clarke, on Thursday tore up a copy of the contentious Treaty Principles Bill and performed a traditional Maori haka during a House session.

A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori tribal representatives started doing a traditional Haka dance. Verdict: False The Māori’s delayed the bill’s first reading,

Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race relations bill that has ignited protests across the country. Thousands have joined a "hikoi" protest march travelling the country to drum up opposition,

The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, with even the prime minister deriding it.

Signed in 1840, Treaty of Waitangi shapes New Zealand's governance, with its clauses guiding current laws and policies

New Zealand’s youngest Member of Parliament, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, has once again captured national and international attention. The 22-year-old Te Pāti Maori MP staged a powerful protest against the contentious Treaty Principles Bill, by performing haka and tearing up a copy of the proposed legislation during a heated session in Parliament.

Speaker of Parliament Gerry Brownlee condemned the interruption as "grossly disorderly," clearing onlookers from the public gallery and temporarily suspending proceedings.

Tens of thousands of people marched on New Zealand's parliament to oppose a bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty signed between the British and Indigenous Maori.

Protesters dressed in traditional Māori attire performed hakas while marching alongside tens of thousands of people through the streets of the nation’s capital, Wellington, on Tuesday.

Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as thousands rallied against a conservative proposal accused of stoking racial divisions.