Controversial bill that sparked Maori rights protests heavily defeated in New Zealand parliament - Lawmakers break into Maori ...

New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke on April 10 spoke in Parliament over a controversial proposed law that would redefine New Zealand's founding document. The bill would govern how the Treaty of ...

KASHIWA, Chiba Prefecture--Some 9,000 kilometers from where the traditional Maori dance originated, children from a rugby club here gave a powerful rendition of the haka, famed for its iconic ...

Tane-rore is the trembling of the air as seen on the hot days of summer, and represented by the quivering of the hands in the dance. Haka is the generic name for all Maori dance. Today, haka is ...

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. A contentious ...

A Maori man has performed a soul-stirring haka against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the protest frontline at Standing Rock, in North Dakota. SEE ALSO: Don't bother checking into the Dakota ...

New Zealand politician Rawiri Waititi broke protocol by performing a Maori allegiance before swearing an oath to King Charles. He and five other parliamentarians chose to first pledge allegiance ...

Three MPs have rejected a summons to appear before Parliament’s powerful Privileges Committee over their participation in a ...

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Māori MPs performed a haka to disrupt a vote on a controversial bill that has ignited protests across New Zealand. The bill proposes to change ...