Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke's viral protest inside New Zealand's parliament was an objection to a piece of legislation that is 'looking for a problem where there isn't one'.
When Māori Party MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke rose to her feet inside the New Zealand parliamentary chamber, began to perform a haka and ripped up the piece of legislation that is currently dividing the nation, the challenge was directed at one man.
And while his coalition partners permitted him to draft the bill, they have said they will not support it becoming law. The treaty is an agreement between Māori and the Crown, one that promises to protect Māori treasures. "Our thinking was that each person within our party had a role to play," Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer told the ABC.
Co-leader of the Māori Party Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said there was an expectation her party would respond to the bill.She said the protest was a rejection of the idea the Treaty of Waitangi should be debated in parliament. "What does cause division is successive governments treating New Zealanders based on their ethnicity, which is the problem the Treaty Principles Bill seeks to solve," he said in a statement.
Christopher Finlayson said the Treaty Principles Bill was "looking for a problem where there isn't one".Luxon did not escape blame in the house this week, with former Labour prime minister Chris Hipkins as well as Greens leaders pushing him on how debate over a bill that would ultimately fail could be allowed to get this far.
"He would have said, 'Go and sit on the crossbenches. I'll personally stand against you at the next election and I'll destroy you.'"Photo shows Men holding flags in front of the parliament 'Beehive' building.
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