#hana-rawhiti kareariki maipi-clarke

[hislittleraincloud]

Meet New Zealand's Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke. She's an MP in NZ's parliament. Her haka is in protest of a bill that would have taken rights afforded to the tribes and applied them to all New Zealanders (defeating the purpose of the Treaty of Waitangi).

She is 22 years old, and this isn't the first time she's done it.

🫴🏽✨👑✨

[thesustainedworldatransverse]

This account supports indigenous rights and acts of resistance against colonisers.

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

[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!

[sometimes-a-writer]

from about a week ago:

"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"

[caption taken from @kiapollo whose post is now unreblogable]

[zigcarnivorous]

Hmm why are reblogs turned off

[iamhollywood]

she slayed it so hard that op disabled reblogs

[ezrasf]

Are their indigenous threat chants like the Haka we can levy on Congress?

[pixiestickers]

the bill is widely seen by many Māori and their supporters as a threat to the rights of New Zealand’s indigenous population, which makes up about 20% of the country’s 5.3 million people.

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

[klapollo]

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

[stephanidftba]

Original video:

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

[breezyme]

Reblogging again to add some brief context: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/new-zealand-mp-hana-rawhiti-kareariki-maipi-clarke-leads-traditional-dance-rips-up-copy-of-bill-in-parliament-7020108

and a Time profile from last year: https://time.com/6333369/hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-new-zealand-maori-young/

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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This is where I first heard about it, my metaphorical hat goes off to Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke and the many politicians who stand with her on this

(The Betoota Advocate, an Australian satirical news source)

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