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The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ...
New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from parliament for three politicians who performed a Maori ...
The New Zealand Parliament has voted to impose record suspensions on three lawmakers who did a Maori haka as a protest. The ...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand's parliament agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous lawmakers who ...
Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banned from parliament for 21 days, the longest-ever suspension, while New Zealand's youngest MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was ...
Suspended Indigenous MPs say they 'stood their ground' after being barred from parliament over a haka protest:: Debbie ...
THREE Maori MPs have been banned from the New Zealand parliament for performing the haka during a protest. The haka is a ...
Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after judge excoriates him for lying on witness stand Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after ...
The harsh penalty was handed down to three members of the opposition who said they were voicing their community’s displeasure with proposed legislation.
The haka drew global headlines and provoked months of fraught debate among lawmakers about what the consequences for the lawmakers' actions should be.