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Watch: Haka interrupts vote for the Treaty Principles Bill

16:33 pm on 14 November 2024

A haka led by Te Pāti Māori interrupted voting for the Treaty Principles Bill this afternoon.

Opposition MPs and the public gallery stood to perform Ka Mate, after Hauraki Waikato MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke stood to deliver her Te Pāti Māori's vote against the bill.

The Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, who had expressed his lack of patience with a number of MPs for their interjections throughout the afternoon, suspended the sitting until the bells next ring.

Watch the video in the player above.

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