Māori Party MPs suspended over haka protest in NZ parliament
Māori Party MPs suspended over haka protest in NZ parliament
In New Zealand, a parliamentary committee has handed down its punishment for the MPs who performed a haka on the chamber floor.
That's fucked up. A haka should be taken very seriously. She used a haka to make the statement specifically to utilize the most powerful tool available to convey the message. It's a traditional form of communication of the people she represents. She was doing her job in the best way possible. They clearly missed the entire point, since they are treating it the same as "yelling", as if it was a childish reactionary response, instead of a carefully considered and measured response.
We'll have no nonsense from those uppity natives while government tries to retroactively rewrite history with legislation.
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Speaker of the House,Chair of the Privileges Committee (probably)In this case the Speaker is actually pushing back against the committee's recommendations. There's a really good write up from RNZ here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/561329/the-house-parliamentary-privileges-race-as-an-aggravating-factor
That refreshing to read.
It's always nice to set bullies get some blue back.
Damn I hope that doesn't pass
It didn't. Not even close. It failed 121-11
Those 11 were members of the party that proposed it, and every other party voted against it unanimously.
Thanks for letting me know. I'm not from NZ but I met some Maori years ago doing a tour and thought that they were really cool and awesome people. So even though I'm not from around there or directly affected I still like showing support when I can.
Didn't this happen a couple months ago as well? Guess it was a good publicity move?
The wheels of beauraucracy turn slowly