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The New Zealand Parliament has voted to impose record suspensions on three lawmakers who did a Maori haka as a protest. The incident took place last November during a debate on a law on Indigenous rights.

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 parliamentarians — Te Pati Maori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi — were suspended for 21 days and one — Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, from the same party — for seven days.

Before now, the longest suspension of a parliamentarian in New Zealand was three days.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 106 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tell us you're racist without saying that you're racist.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I dunno. This looks like signing a legal document that confirms they're racist.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 2 days ago

No it's a document that implies that they're racist but hiding behind rules to make it seem like they're not.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 46 points 6 days ago

Settler colonial government doing what settler colonial governments do.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 72 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

It is still a British colony. They need to ditch the British king Charles as fast as possible.

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[–] mcv@lemm.ee 44 points 6 days ago (5 children)

What!? But that haka was awesome! How can you not enjoy that?

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago

'If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.'

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Shame. Wtf is wrong with your shitty shitty politics New Zealand?!!?! (Not an American, so I can call out anti-Indigenous politics)

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 41 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Not an American, so I can call out anti-Indigenous politics

Any decent human being can and should call out anti-Indigenous politics, no matter their nationality.

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

I don't know anything about New Zealand, or Maori culture, or history, or parliamentary procedure, or the Treaty Principles Bill, or the hearings that led to this decision, or the Haka, or sociology, or anthropology, or race relations, or indigenous issues, but I think...

why don't they just have everyone do their hakas at the start, like in the rugby?

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