Watch: New Zealand MPs stage haka protest against Indigenous treaty bill in parliament

Parliamentarian Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke started the haka protest in the House, tearing up the new bill.

New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday November 14 after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

Parliamentarian Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke started the haka protest in the House, tearing up the new bill.

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