AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 13: Hikoi members walk across the Auckland Harbour Bridge on day three of a nine-day journey to Wellington on November 13, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.
Rulings by the courts and a separate Maori tribunal have progressively expanded Maori rights and privileges over the decades. However, some argue this has discriminated against non-Indigenous citizens. Hikoi members walk across the Auckland Harbour Bridge in Auckland on Day 3 of a nine-day journey to Wellington, N.Z. They are marching to Wellington to protect and advocate for the interpretation of longstanding treaties.
Parliament was briefly suspended as people in the gallery joined in, and shouting drowned out others in the chamber.ACT New Zealand leader David Seymour said people who oppose the bill want to "stir up" fear and division.The controversial legislation, however, is seen by many Maori and their supporters as undermining the rights of the country's Indigenous people, who make up around 20 per cent of the population of 5.3 million.
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