New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori ...

The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ...

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

That is the harshest penalty ever assigned to New Zealand politicians; the previous record was three days. This month, Parliament Speaker Gerry Brownlee scheduled a rare, unlimited debate in ...

The New Zealand MPs who protested constitutional reforms with haka on the floor of parliament will receive suspensions believed to be the most severe ever issued in the institution's 170-year history.

New Zealand legislators has voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a ...

How Uproar Over a Māori Haka, Beloved in New Zealand Life, Sowed Chaos and Gridlock in Parliament WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New ...

But one haka performed in protest in New Zealand’s Parliament by three legislators last November has provoked fierce division among lawmakers about whether it was an act of peaceful dissent ...