A spark flashed across the internet last November. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, a member of Te Pāti Māori, or the Māori Party, broke out into a powerful haka on the floor of New Zealand’s Parliament ...

Māori lawmakers performed a traditional haka dance to protest a New Zealand bill. On Thursday, Nov. 14, Parliament was suspended after opposition lawmakers performed the dance while the bill was read, ...

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday agreed to lengthy suspensions for three lawmakers who disrupted the reading of a controversial bill last year by performing a haka, a traditional Maori dance. Two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a striking contrast that 21-year-old Māori MP-elect Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, set to be New Zealand’s youngest lawmaker in ...

The New Zealand haka is arguably the most iconic feature of the egg-shaped game, but the Māori war dance extends much further than the rugby field. In the most-viewed haka video of all time, political ...

Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been recognised by Time magazine as one of "the world's most influential rising stars". Maipi-Clarke was aged just 21 when elected to Parliament in 2023.

Te Pāti Māori’s leadership isn’t trusted by nearly half of Māori voters and many would prefer Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke to take over, a new poll suggests. Almost half of those surveyed in the ...

Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous groups, as contentious legislation moves forward that could threaten Maori ...

Over 10,000 people in New Zealand are taking part in a march toward the capital Wellington to protest legislation that would reinterpret an 1840 treaty — considered New Zealand’s founding document — ...

Te Pāti Māori's youngest MP has broken her silence, following the expulsion of her former colleagues, saying it has felt like "a divorce between two parents." "My answer to both sides face to face has ...

Stay up-to-date with the politics team. Sign up for the Teen Vogue Take A spark flashed across the internet last November. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, a member of Te Pāti Māori, or the Māori Party, ...