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The New Zealand Parliament has voted to impose record suspensions on three lawmakers who did a Maori haka as a protest. The incident took place last November during a debate on a law on Indigenous rights.

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday agreed to lengthy suspensions for three lawmakers who disrupted the reading of a controversial bill last year by performing a haka, a traditional Maori dance.

Two parliamentarians — Te Pati Maori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi — were suspended for 21 days and one — Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, from the same party — for seven days.

Before now, the longest suspension of a parliamentarian in New Zealand was three days.

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[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 297 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

“Are our voices too loud for this house? Is that the reason why we are being silenced? Are our voices shaking the core foundation of this house? The house we had no voice in building ...We will never be silenced and we will never be lost,” she said.

Fucking powerful.

Despite the signing of the treaty in 1840, there were many bloody conflicts between the colonial government and Maori tribes in ensuing years, resulting in the confiscation of large amounts of Maori land. Tensions remain to this day between New Zealand's Indigenous people and the descendants of the Europeans who colonized their country.

Hey nice, journalism with a backbone!

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[–] Noerknhar@feddit.org 225 points 1 week ago (67 children)

Well that sounds like some quality racism over there.

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[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 199 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"a manner that could have the effect of intimidating a member of the house."

Oh go fuck yourself. Can the haka be intimidating as hell? Oh god yes. But you should also be able to recognize the difference between active intimidation and a powerful protest. Especially when YOUR COUNTRY IS KNOWN FOR IT.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 108 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Weirdly their ancestors weren’t intimidated when it came to colonizing and stealing their land.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's scary now that doing a racism is considered a little more uncouth

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Doing a racism is the well-known cultural tradition of the white people and our ancestors.

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They saw it as a threat because they’re threatening the natives way of life and they’re scared of being in the shoes of the oppressed

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 150 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I can probably count a million little “traditions” that parliament follows that are based on Christianity and western colonial culture. But a haka is unacceptable

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago

Racist fucks

[–] germanichwurst@feddit.org 82 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] glaber@lemm.ee 82 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And, in 2025, the Pākehā keep deciding what happens to indigenous land and indigenous resources, without letting Maori have any voice in it. Toitū te Tiriti!

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[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get chills every time I've watched this haka being performed. It is such a poweerful statement and this reaction is complete garbage. When the people of your country speak, surely government should be open to listening?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago

It made them uncomfortable, and whatever the law actually says, nothing is more illegal than making rich white people uncomfortable.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just made it cooler. Didn't even think that was possible

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