#Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke

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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.

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‘I ripped that in half and chucked it away’ - Hana-Rāwhiti delivers speech after world-shaking haka

Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke was warmly greeted by an audience of 35,000 outside the place she was suspended from for 24 hours just a week ago. She has been an international viral sensation over the past week after leading a world-shaking haka in Parliament’s debating chamber.

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“This march is about us, walking, marching, side by side, generation by generation. This bill divides us as a country; the Treaty unites us, all ages, all races,” the MP said.

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She called for the Māori in the crowd to switch to the Māori electoral roll. “If every single Māori person registered on the Māori roll, we would have 20 automatic Māori seats in Parliament." Currently, there are only seven Māori seats in the House of Representatives. Ending the speech, she said the hikoi wasn’t just for iwi Māori but for all indigenous communities across the globe. “The world is watching us te iwi Māori, whatever we do next. All indigenous people are relying on us. “It’s not just about us te iwi Māori, it’s about us as indigenous people liberating ourselves to Hawaiki mau, so who’s coming with us?”

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As a Māori woman, seeing all these idiots talking out of their ass about how the incredible Haka performed in protest, started MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and continued by the rest of Te Pāti Māori, in the chambers of parliament this past week, saying how it was "unprofessional" and "cringe", I just have to say:

You lot don't seem to think it's fucking "cringe" when the All Blacks do it before a rugby match.

Anytime I see footage covering Haka performed before rugby, I see how people all like to harp on about how Haka is meant to be a call to arms, a declaration of war and challenge to opponents when being met across the field of battle.

And yet.

The very second it's being utilised as it was always intended to be, in an unbelievably crucial time in our country's recent history, you all turn your noses up. You all start talking absolute fucking horseshit simply because it isn't being used in a way that's convenient for you, because it isn't being given to you in the microdoses you like to delight in for some cultural exposure.

And it all boils down to the fact that we are simply done with giving you to option to turn away, to give us a false sense of empathy and interest. Boils down to how Māori are challenging you to truly LOOK. To SEE. And UNDERSTAND just what this all means. And if you can't handle seeing how we are undaunted in our unending fight to be heard in the land that is rightfully ours, how unafraid we are to draw strength from our culture, our people and the stories of our ancestors that have survived countless attempts to be washed away?

Then you know that this challenge is meant for YOU.

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day one of talking about women;

first up is Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke

if you don’t know who she is

She is the youngest MP in New Zealand and represents Te Pāti Māori in the Parliament.

She gained national attention while speaking against a horrible bill

Her latest haka was heard all over and is not her first haka in parliament

Having so much passion on behalf of your people is what everyone should aspire to do



love Māori woman

Love Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke

[atalana]

this is on my blog at least 5 times already but i had to reblog it again, because i was catching up on local news from this morning (mostly following the hīkoi which i sadly couldn't attend bc disability)

and maipi-clarke (the girl starting the haka) spoke briefly on this going viral

she confirmed that the haka in protest was planned, but it wasn't supposed to be her that started it, it was supposed to be the much older and more experienced rawiri waititi (known perhaps most recently for declaring māori independence in response to the new government)

but instead they handed the bill to her. and this is speculation on my part, but given how our current right wing government has been pulling out a lot of dirty tricks lately to avoid māori protests, i wouldn't be surprised if they gave it to the youngest member of parliament (she's only 22), because they figured she would be the least likely to be brave and step up

so i just wanna congratulate her again for sticking to it, they tried to use her inexperience to shut her up and she just went okay, i'm leading this now, and good for her

(edit bc this has gotten very big and i feel bad just conversationally last-naming her, her first name is hana rāwhiti!)

much better footage of the haka that shut down parliament today

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Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke🇳🇿

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Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke

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Marsz

We wtorek zakończył się marsz w obronie Traktatu z Waitangi.

Nawe najwcześniejsze ranne pociągi do centrum, normalnie pustawe, były wypełnione ludźmi (przypis: pasa��erowie musieli stać — za pełny uważa się środek transportu, gdzie wszystkie miejsca siedzące są zajęte, powyżej tego to już aberracja taka, że piszą o niej w gazetach). Na Hutt Road już o 7 rano zmierzała do centrum kilkusetosobowa grupa nie tylko dorosłych, ale też dzieci w wózkach lub na piechotę. Od razu było widać, że pomimo tego, że przyszli tu walczyć o swoje prawa, demonstranci byli pokojowo nastawieni i dużo bardziej przypominało to pielgrzymkę, niż protesty antyszczepionkowców i innych anarchistów, jakich Wellington doświadczyło latem 2022 roku.

Protestujący na Willis Street.

Piszę, że protest zakończył się we wtorek, bo rozpoczął się jakiś tydzień wcześniej. Była to seria demonstracji we wszystkich większych miastach kraju, mająca formę zlotu. Jakaś część protestujących rozpoczęła go na obu końcach Nowej Zelandii, zmierzając autami w stronę Wellington. Zatrzymując się w kolejnych miastach po drodze, maszerowali ich głównymi ulicami, a dołączali do nich Maori i ich sympatycy z danego rejonu.

Ostatecznie ściągnęło ich do stolicy 42 tysiące, nawet do 55 tysięcy, według niektórych źródeł. Trudno powiedzieć, ilu z nich przyjechało z daleka, a ilu dołączyło lokalnie. Bez względu na to, była to prawdopodobnie najliczniejsza demonstracja w całej historii Nowej Zelandii. Pod parlamentem skandowali: "precz z ustawą!", wygłoszono kilka przemówień. Wśród mówców była Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, owa posłanka Partii Maori, znana czytelnikom zapewne z wiralowej haki, której sława dotarła aż do Polski. Około 15:00, gdy wracałem z pracy, tłum już się całkowicie rozszedł, tylko gromadki ludzi z flagami Tino przypominały o dopiero co zakończonym historycznym wydarzeniu.

Flaga Maori, Tino Rangatiratanga, (c) by of code: cs:User:-xfi-; of flag, Linda Munn, Jan Dobson and Hiraina Marsden. Public Domain

O co w tym wszystkim chodziło? Otóż podstawą stosunków między Koroną Brytyjską a Maori jest pochodzący z 1840 roku Traktat z Waitangi. Dokument ów, podpisany przez konsula brytyjskiego oraz ok. 540 wodzów i reprezentantów różnych plemion maoryskich, jest dwujęzyczny, przy czym wersje językowe różnią się nieco w kluczowych słowach, z uwagi na niedoskonałą znajomość Te Reo Maori przez ówczesnego tłumacza, oraz brak dokładnej odpowiedniości pojęć w obu językach. Nic więc dziwnego, że w ciągu blisko dwóch stuleci interpretowania Traktatu te różnice silnie wybrzmiewały.

Jak większość (jeśli nie całość) porozumień zawartych w historii świata przez strony o skrajnie nierównych siłach, Traktat z Waitangi nie uchronił Maori przed stratą większości ziem, mimo że gwarantował Koronie Brytyjskiej monopol jedynie na ich skup, a nie przejmowanie. Był systematycznie podskubywany, a opór wobec kolejnych zaborów karany konfiskatami. Tereny plemienne stanowią obecnie około 6% powierzchni kraju i są to, z gospodarczego punktu widzenia, nieużytki.

Trudno się więc dziwić, że kolejna na przestrzeni wieków próba "ujednolicenia" interpretacji Traktatu poprzez nową ustawę, jest przez słabszych jego sygnatariuszy postrzegana jako jeszcze jeden zamach na ich ciągle okrawane własności i przywileje, przeprowadzany pod płaszczykiem "równości".

Nie wiem, kto ma rację w tym sporze, a zagadnienie od strony prawnej jest bardzo szerokie i wykracza poza moje zainteresowania. Dostrzegam jednak również, pod wszechobecną oficjalną przykrywką maorimanii, liczne resentymenty antymaoryskie wśród białej społeczności i to one prawdopodobnie były paliwem dla proponowanych zmian, przedłożonych przez prawicowe partie.

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[Video description:

A video taken in the NZ Parliament debate chamber. It starts zoomed in on MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, a young Māori woman. She holds up a piece of paper (the bill being debated) and rips it in two. She chants a haka, a fierce look on her face, as she makes her way down from her seat to stand in front of the opposing MPs and chant directly at them. Two members of her party join her. Several other people are standing to join the haka. The camera pans up to show the public gallery, where most of the members of the public have also joined in on the haka. The words of the haka, which is repeated three times, are:

Ka mate, ka mate! Ka ora, ka ora!

Ka mate, ka mate! Ka ora, ka ora!

Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru

Nāna nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te rā

Ā, upane! ka upane!

Ā, upane, ka upane, whiti te rā!

After the haka ends there is some intelligible shouting and the sound of the Speaker of the House saying "The House is to be suspended, that is what the ringing of the bells means, and the gallery is to be cleared-"]

Translation of the haka:

I will die, I will die! I will live, I will live! (x2)

This is the woman who fetched the sun and caused it to shine again

A step forward, another step forward (×2)

The sun shines!

You can read more about the ka mate haka here.

If you want to support our fight to defeat the anti-Māori policies and rhetoric being espoused by this government, donate to the Hīkoi mo Te Tiriti (March for the Treaty). We were trying to move tens of thousands of people across the country as well as housing and feeding them, every donation counts

Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, the youngest MP in Aotearoa, starts a haka to protest the first vote on a bill reinterpreting the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi

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Hooooooly shit I was just reading that Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke is only 22!

Youngest person in that room and so brave, good god

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[ID: an areal photo showing enormous masses of people gathered in front of the parliament building in Wellington, Aotearoa (New Zealand), including the surrounding streets and parklands. /end ID]

For people not aware of politics in Aotearoa right now, this protest is about the rights of Māori people and was sparked by the presentation of drafted legislature into parliament called the Treaty Principles Bill. It would reinterpret the Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) which was signed between Māori leaders and the British Crown in 1840.

You've likely seen the viral video of Māori Party MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke leading a haka with other members of the Māori Party in parliament on the 14th of November. (And if you haven't I would recomend that you do.)

The specifics surrounding this are complex and have a very long history. I would recommend doing your own research into it, especially from Māori voices.

One for the literal history books...

50,000 people 🖤🥝

[no1l1keme]

here's my limited attempt at context

the Act party (right wing) and their leader, David Seymour, drafted a bill called The Treaty Principals Bill, though the party have said they don't support him in making the legislation law. The other parties in parliament are also opposed.

The bill is about Te Tiriti Waitangi (the treaty of Waitangi) which was a document from 1840 between Māori rangatira and the british crown, which stated that Māori were entitled to land and natural resources, and restitution if that right were ever breached. It was poorly translated, and did not effectively communicate the ceding of Māori sovereignty to the british empire. It is also not fully legally binding, and not actually a treaty.

The Treaty Principals Bill aims to make te tiriti apply to all citizens of New Zealand, not just Māori.

Māori people see this as undermining the struggles and rights of the Māori and have been protesting for weeks. Te Pāti Māori (the Māori political party) said that "The tiriti (treaty) and debating the tiriti is something that only belongs with the chiefs of Māori iwi and hapu (tribes) and the Crown."

The woman who began the haka is Te Pāti Māori Minister Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, and most of the people who joined her are other Māori ministers.

much better footage of the haka that shut down parliament today