Three Maori MPs suspended over ‘intimidating’ haka

The New Zealand parliament voted on the suspension of three Mauritanians’ deputies for their protest during last year.

Opposition MP, Hana Rohiti Maype-Calcarius, who started traditional dance, was suspended for seven days, while the leaders of her party participating in her party, Rohiti, Aittie, and Deby Narwwa Bakr, were banned for 21 days.

The deputies made Haka when they were asked whether the Maori party or the Maori Party had supported a bill that sought to redefine the country’s institutional treaty with the Maori people.

Since then, a draft law on the principles of the treaty has been voted, but it has sparked anger at the level of the country – and more than 40,000 people protested outside Parliament during the first reading of the draft law in November last year.

“We were punished for being the Mauritanians,” Narou Bakr told the BBC. “We are taking a position that the Maori is unusual and put priority for what our people need or expect us.”

There were tense exchanges on Thursday, when the House of Representatives discussed sanctions, as Foreign Minister Winston Peters was asked to apologize for contacting TE Pāti Māori “a handful of extremists” and the country saying “He had enough of them.”

“We will never be silent, and we will never be lost,” MAIipi-Clake, who is 22 years old, is the youngest deputy, He said at some point, tear you.

“Are our voices very high for this home – is this why we are punishing?”

Last month, a parliamentary committee He suggested that the deputies commentHaka, which brought parliament to a temporary stop, could have “intimidated” other legislators.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon rejected accusations at the time that the committee’s ruling was “racist”, adding that the case was not about Hakka, but rather “the parties that do not follow the parliament bases.”

After a hot discussion, the pendants that were distributed on Thursday are the longest of any legislators in New Zealand. The previous record was three days.

New Zealand has been widely praised for supporting the rights of the indigenous population, but relations with the Maori community have recently been strained under the current government led by the government to maintain Luxon.

His administration has been criticized to reduce funding for the programs that Mawory benefits from, including plans to solve the organization that aims to improve health services for society.

Nevertheless, Luxon defended his government’s record of Maori issues, citing plans to improve literacy in society and transfer children abroad.

The bill for the principles of the treaty that was at the heart of this tension. It sought to legally define the principles of the Whitanji Treaty, and the signing of the British Crown and Maori leaders in 1840 during the colonization of New Zealand.

Defenders of the draft law, such as ACT, the right -wing party that he presented, argues that the 1840 treaty needs to be re -interpreted because it divides the country according to race, and does not represent a multicultural society today.

However, critics say that it is the proposed bill that will divide the country and lead to a protection that affects the need for many Maori.

The draft law sparked the Hīkoi march, or a nine -day peaceful protest march, starting from the far north and reached its climax in the capital and Landton. It grew to 40,000 in addition to the end, becoming one of the largest marches of the country ever.

Ultimately, the Treaty Principles Bill was voted 112 votes to 11 in April, days after a government committee recommended not to move forward. The party operates six seats in Parliament of 123 members.