ACT asked for advice on the full range of possible punishments for Te Pati Maori MPs following last year's Treaty Principles haka - including imprisonment. The Privileges Committee ended up ...

ACT asked for advice on the full range of possible punishments for Te Pati Maori MPs following last year's Treaty Principles haka - including imprisonment. The Privileges Committee ended up ...

Parliament is debating the fate of three Te Pāti Māori MPs today, after the Privileges Committee found they broke ...

Leader of the House Chris Bishop adjourned the debate on the Privileges Committee's suspension recommendation, after 20 minutes. The proposal was to suspend co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie ...

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

Its report recommended Ms Maipi-Clarke, who the committee said showed contrition in a letter, be suspended for seven days and ...

The Privileges Committee recommended suspending Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for 21 days but the House, in the initial stages of the expected debate, was turned ...

A haka performed by Maori MPs in protest of a proposed bill led to suspended Parliament proceedings in New Zealand and ...

Meanwhile Te Pati Maori responded on social media; “When Tangata whenua resist, colonial powers reach for maximum penalty,” ...

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. A New Zealand government committee has recommended that three ...

This decision has sparked outrage from Te Pati Maori, who view it as a disproportionate punishment for resisting colonial power. Three Maori MPs face suspension from New Zealand's Parliament over ...

Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pati Maori, the Maori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by ...