New Zealand's Parliament was temporarily suspended on Thursday as MÄori lawmakers performed a haka, a traditional group dance, demonstrating their community's anger and fear over a bill that New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with MÄori people. New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the He suspended Maipi-Clarke, 22, from Parliament for a day. Read More: Meet New Zealand's Gen Z MÄori Guardian in Parliament. The bill will proceed to a public submission process before another vote. A group of New Zealand MPs broke into a spirited haka in the country's and MPs and the public stood to perform the haka Ka Mate. and he briefly suspended parliament as a result of the haka New Zealand's parliament came to a halt when Indigenous politicians performed a haka in protest of a proposed law that could redefine the country's founding treaty with the MÄori people. There were wild scenes in Parliament today as Te Pati MÄori MPs interrupted proceedings to perform a haka in front of ACT MPs including leader David Seymour. The drama began as MPs were voting on the ACT Party's bill on the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi following its first reading. First-term Te Pati MÄori [â¦] In short: New Zealand Parliament was suspended on Thursday after a group of MÄori MPs began a haka in protest over a contentious bill. The bill to reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the WELLINGTON - New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Nov 14 after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious Bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty New Zealand's parliament was disrupted by a haka on November 14, during the reading of a controversial bill that proposes

to alter the way the country's treaty between the indigenous Maori and the British Crown is interpreted.A vote on the bill was suspended when opposition parties and people in the public gallery joined in the haka, led by Patri Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who