The New Zealand government on Tuesday deferred a vote over the rare suspension of three Indigenous lawmakers from parliament ...

Indigenous rights Te Pati Maori party legislators' suspension request debate postponed until after budget debate on Thursday ...

New Zealand Defers Vote on Rare Suspension of Indigenous Lawmakers By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -The New Zealand government on Tuesday deferred a vote over the rare suspension of three ...

SYDNEY - The New Zealand government on Tuesday deferred a vote over the rare suspension of three Indigenous lawmakers from parliament for performing a haka, the Maori ceremonial dance, during the ...

A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber.

The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural ...