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New Zealand Parliament Suspends Lawmakers for Haka Dance Protest
Co-leaders of the Te Pāti Māori party, Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, were suspended on Thursday without pay for 21 days, and another member of the party, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, was suspended for seven days.
“And he uttered the words: [Speaking in Maori] Take the noose from around my neck so that I may sing my song. The silencing of us today is a reminder of the silencing of our ancestors of the past.” “Now, Haka have been done countless times in this Parliament. But after first consulting the speaker so that the House and its timing is not disrupted, that’s what happened here. There was no attempt whatsoever — worse still, they told the media they’re going to do it and didn’t tell the speaker, did they?”
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