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It's just happened in Parliament.Newshub. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been suspended from Parliament for a day over comments he made last week that could breach name suppression.
New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three Māori lawmakers for staging a protest that included performing the haka, a traditional Māori dance, in opposition to a controversial bill. Rawiri ...
In an unprecedented move that has sparked a remarkable debate on parliamentary decorum and free expression, New Zealand’s Parliament suspended three lawmakers from the Māori Party for performing a ...
New Zealand's parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged ...
New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law ...
The harsh penalty was handed down to three members of the opposition who said they were voicing their community’s displeasure with proposed legislation.
New Zealand’s Parliament suspended three opposition lawmakers, Rawiri Waititi, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Hana-Rawhiti ...
Packer, Rawiri Waititi, and Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke — have been given the strongest punishment ever seen in New Zealand’s ...