#Haka

[tomthefanboy]

via Instagram The youngest member of New Zealand’s parliament, Māori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, started a haka to protest the first vote on a proposed law that would re-interpret New Zealand's founding legal document. The Treaty Principles Bill was introduced by the leader of the libertarian ACT party, David Seymour, and would redefine how New Zealand interprets the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi), which was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. Under the proposed changes, the New Zealand government would have "full power to govern" and make laws "in the best interests of everyone", while also promising to "respect and protect" the rights of Māori under the treaty "at the time they signed it". Maipi-Clarke was suspended from parliament and her behaviour was called disrespectful and grossly disorderly by the speaker.

I love not just the open defiance of colonial rhetoric, but the solidarity of her party members and allies in parliament to rise to the occasion and join her. Literally in most cases!

[whx-m]

"Today in Auckland, Māori performing haka at a Palestine rally 🇵🇸✊🏾 Aotearoa New Zealand" -Tameem | تميم @TameeOliveFern on twt

a haka in a keffiyeh 🥺 🇵🇸 POWERFUL!!!!

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Temuera Morrison and Daniel Logan doing Māori haka at the recent Osaka Comic Con in Japan

Watch the entire stage presentation: https://youtu.be/NVGqgrWrjMQ

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Ten things to know about Hana’s haka

By Arama Rata

On Nov. 14, 22-year-old Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke made global headlines when she performed a powerful haka, a Māori war cry, in New Zealand’s Parliament, tearing a copy of a controversial bill as part of her protest. A TikTok video of the moment, posted by Māori Television, has since been viewed over 200 million times and has garnered over 25 million likes in just three days. Online pundits have debated the effectiveness of the theatrical protest, but the bigger questions remain: Who is this young lawmaker? Why did she perform this haka? And what impact is her action likely to have on the broader movement for Māori sovereignty? Here are ten things you should know about Hana’s haka.

[emilianadarling]

New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to disrupt a vote on the controversial bill that would change the way in which the Treaty of Waitangi -- a 184-year-old treaty between the British Crown and Māori people -- is interpreted.

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Unity

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[thehappyfeminist-22]

Thriller Haka to Poi E From Taika Waititi's "Boy"

[triumph-of-adaptation]

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is the greatest

[thoughtportal]

The Haka and New Zealand Parliament

[houseofgeeks]

New Zealand Women’s rugby team perform their Haka after winning gold at the Olympics.

[deadpresidents]

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is a badass.

[marithlizard]

oh my god. After a week of numbed despair, to watch another country's legislative chamber echo with passionate anger at injustice, everyone joined by tradition and artistic beauty and fire of spirit - it makes me want to cry but in a good way.

[zigcarnivorous]

YO