New Zealand MPs disrupt Parliament, stage haka in protest of controversial Indigenous bill

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after members of opposition parties joined Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke in a staged haka — a ceremonial dance and staple in the Indigenous Māori culture. The haka came as a protest to a contentious new bill from the ACT New Zealand party, which aims to reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British Crown and the Māori. The proposed bill passed its first reading afterwards.