The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to revise New Zealand’s foundational agreement with Maori people and is hugely unpopular, with even the prime minister deriding it.

The proposed bill could redefine the country's relationship with Indigenous people 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,

A fiery display by 22-year-old Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealand’s youngest MP, went viral after she ripped up the controversial Treaty Principles Bill during a rousing haka in Parliament.