Footage, apparently filmed from the gallery in New Zealand’s parliament, captures the moment a vote on a controversial bill was suspended by a haka (Māori dance).
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The bill proposed changes to a 200-year-old treaty between Māori and the crown, which guarantees their rights. The pause occurred when opposition parties and members of the public gallery joined in a haka led by Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
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