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Maori MPs Face Historic Suspensions After Haka Protest

5/17/2025

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Three Maori MPs in New Zealand are facing unprecedented suspensions after staging a powerful haka protest against the Treaty Principles Bill last November. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been handed a seven-day ban, while co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi confront 21-day suspensions. These penalties, the most severe ever in parliamentary history, will be put to a vote on Tuesday.

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Three Maori MPs in New Zealand are facing unprecedented suspensions after staging a powerful haka protest against the Treaty Principles Bill last November. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been handed a seven-day ban, while co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi confront 21-day suspensions. These penalties, the most severe ever in parliamentary history, will be put to a vote on Tuesday.