Haka in the Legislative Chamber

🔥Unprecedented & simply magnificent. That time in Nov 2024 when a haka led by Aotearoa’s youngest MP 22yo Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke erupted in the House stopping the Treaty Principles Bill from passing its first reading, triggering the Speaker to suspend Parliament.… pic.twitter.com/pkI7q7WGlr

— Kelvin Morgan 🇳🇿 (@kelvin_morganNZ) November 14, 2024

 
The New Zealand parliament voted on the Treaty Principles Bill, which would re-interpret the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between the British crown and the  Māori people. A longer video shows the voice vote, where the ayes were declared to have it, which just seems wrong. MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led the chamber in a protest with  the Haka Ka Mate, a chant that spread to the other MPs and to the gallery. The bill passed on the first reading, but is not expected to survive a second reading. This video has gone viral globally, because it affects us so much. (via Metafilter)