The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. The controversial legislation is seen by many Maori and their supporters as undermining the rights of the country’s Indigenous people,

New Zealand's parliament descended into chaos during a vote over a controversial bill that proposed to dramatically change the way New Zealand's treaty between Maori and the crown is interpreted. MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke started the traditional group dance after she was asked how her party would vote.

New Zealand’s parliament was interrupted by Maori politicians who performed a haka to protest against a vote on a contentious new bill.