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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?
I know one person from New Zealand and she's racist as fuck.
Cool. Thanks for the contribution to the discussion!
Settler colonial government doing what settler colonial governments do.
fragile ass white men
It is still a British colony. They need to ditch the British king Charles as fast as possible.
Yeah, because that's it...
As someone who is half-Maori this just embarrasses me. I don't have a problem with people celebrating their heritage and culture just do it in a more appropriate time and place. I wouldn't have a problem with Irish people celebrating the Saint Patrick's Day just as long as they don't do it during a meeting at parliament.
Seems like as valid a way to protest vile revisionism and cowardly pandering to a foreign monarch.
Where i want congress to pick up the old tradition of thowimg raw chicken at each other
Unpopular opinion but interruption is interruption no matter the form. I do agree with the native protest here but I wouldn't read into this ruling too much as any governing body would take this position. Weak governing rule set creates these loopholes like the American filibuster which imo is a bug not a feature.
Tell us you're racist without saying that you're racist.
I dunno. This looks like signing a legal document that confirms they're racist.
'If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.'
“Are our voices too loud for this house? Is that the reason why we are being silenced? Are our voices shaking the core foundation of this house? The house we had no voice in building ...We will never be silenced and we will never be lost,” she said.
Fucking powerful.
Despite the signing of the treaty in 1840, there were many bloody conflicts between the colonial government and Maori tribes in ensuing years, resulting in the confiscation of large amounts of Maori land. Tensions remain to this day between New Zealand's Indigenous people and the descendants of the Europeans who colonized their country.
Hey nice, journalism with a backbone!
It feels so weird, and a little scary, to see people praising brave journalism when they're basically just staying historical facts... It's that not normal journalism? 😅
Normal journalism requires backbone.
journalism has been weak for years, basically just a bullhorn for whoever is being interviewed in that moment
Speaking truth when it could get your life ruined or sometimes even taken by the wicked and powerful will always be an act of bravery.
But I agree with you as well. It's terrifying to be surprised when journalists speak the truth, and to see the suppression of truth become "normal" before our very eyes.
That woman is amazing. What a response.
I can probably count a million little “traditions” that parliament follows that are based on Christianity and western colonial culture. But a haka is unacceptable
Here is a metal version of her really impressive protest. How is this not awesome?
"a manner that could have the effect of intimidating a member of the house."
Oh go fuck yourself. Can the haka be intimidating as hell? Oh god yes. But you should also be able to recognize the difference between active intimidation and a powerful protest. Especially when YOUR COUNTRY IS KNOWN FOR IT.
And, in 2025, the Pākehā keep deciding what happens to indigenous land and indigenous resources, without letting Maori have any voice in it. Toitū te Tiriti!
Shame. Wtf is wrong with your shitty shitty politics New Zealand?!!?! (Not an American, so I can call out anti-Indigenous politics)
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.