{"id":2447568,"date":"2025-06-15T15:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T19:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dancing-chanting-lawmakers-handed-historic-punishment-arrogant-and-ignorant\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T19:44:08","slug":"dancing-chanting-lawmakers-handed-historic-punishment-arrogant-and-ignorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dancing-chanting-lawmakers-handed-historic-punishment-arrogant-and-ignorant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing, Chanting Lawmakers Handed Historic Punishment: &#8216;Arrogant and Ignorant&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdancing-chanting-lawmakers-handed-historic-punishment-arrogant-and-ignorant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2447568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On June 5, 2025, New zealand&#8217;s Parliament enacted unprecedented suspensions for three Indigenous M\u0101ori lawmakers who had protested a controversial bill last November by performing a Haka dance. the suspensions, which varied from seven days to three weeks, where described by government minister Nicole McKee as penalties for &#8220;grandstanding&#8221; rather than for the dance itself. Though, the lawmakers, Rawiri waititi adn Debbie Ngarewa-Packer from the te P\u0101ti M\u0101<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-parliament-suspends-3-maori-lawmakers-for-haka-protest\/\" title=\"New ... suspends 3 Ma... for ... pro...st\">ori party<\/a>, expressed that they would not apologize for their actions, framing the dance as a necessary expression of their people&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary committee that recommended the suspensions cited the lawmakers&#8217; approach towards other members during their performance as disruptive and potentially intimidating. Previous instances of Haka performances in Parliament did not result in similar repercussions, leading to an ongoing debate about the nature and interpretation of protest within legislative procedures. The incident prompted mixed reactions, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlighting tensions surrounding indigenous representation<\/a> and the conduct of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-u-k-commons-speaker-john-bercow-banned-from-parliament-for-life\/\" title=\"Former U.K. Commons Speaker John Bercow Banned From Parliament for Life\">parliamentary proceedings<\/a> in New Zealand.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand&rsquo;s Parliament voted on June 5 to hand historically tough suspensions to the three dancing, chanting lawmakers who made a scene last year to protest a bill that&rsquo;d been under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The three lawmakers, members of the indigenous M&#257;ori people, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/team-usas-reaction-new-zealands-haka-dance-goes-viral-blow-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performed a Haka dance<\/a> last November to protest a bill that they alleged would undermine the rights of their people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Zealand&rsquo;s parliament agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous lawmakers who last year performed a haka, a traditional Maori dance, disrupting the reading of a controversial bill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l3SF1p8BbO\">pic.twitter.com\/l3SF1p8BbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene (@BreakingNews4X) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreakingNews4X\/status\/1930619638892880058?\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In defending the suspensions, which ranged from seven days to three weeks, government minister Nicole McKee stressed that they weren&rsquo;t targeting the M&#257;ori lawmakers over their dance but rather over their &ldquo;grandstanding,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/05\/world\/asia\/nz-maori-haka-suspend.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not about the haka, it&rsquo;s about process,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about grandstanding at the expense of this House and how it operates. It&rsquo;s about just being arrogant and ignorant about how we do laws in New Zealand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The dance disrupted parliamentary proceedings, leading to the temporary suspension of the session and the ejection of the M&#257;ori lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, reportedly the co-leaders of the Te P&#257;ti M&#257;ori party, each received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/government-employee-suspended-without-pay-post-failed-trump-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspension without pay<\/a> for 21 days. A third lawmaker, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, received a seven day suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The suspensions were the toughest of their kind ever handed out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The longest prior suspension that a lawmaker had received was for three days, a punishment handed down in 1987 when a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repea...d Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a>, Robert Muldoon, had criticized the speaker in a statement,&rdquo; according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer have both made it clear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ben-carson-refuses-apologize-controversial-transgender-comment-says-political-correctness-going-destroy-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they won&rsquo;t apologize<\/a> for their behavior:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t apologise&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#128293;Set to be suspended from Parliament for an unprecedented three weeks following their haka in the House during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill last year, severely censured Te P&#257;ti M&#257;ori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi sit&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GNC9LbwzEy\">pic.twitter.com\/GNC9LbwzEy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kelvin Morgan &#127475;&#127487; (@kelvin_morganNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kelvin_morganNZ\/status\/1922957049908035605?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A parliamentary committee recommended the suspensions in April because of the way the three lawmakers acted during the dance &mdash; namely, the way they walked toward other lawmakers while dancing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judith Collins, the committee chair, said the lawmakers&rsquo; behavior was egregious, disruptive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-orders-trump-change-behavior-stormy-daniels-testimony-wont-tolerate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potentially intimidating<\/a>,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-zealand-maori-haka-protest-parliament-9909f1f18649bc887dcc27e9985f63ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Maipi-Clarke previously performed the dance before the New Zealand Parliament but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-and-fury-expected-from-putin-after-ukraine-pulls-off-stunning-pearl-harbor-attack-deep-inside-russia\/\" title=\"&#039;Sound and Fury&#039; Expec...d from Putin Af...r Ukraine Pulls Off Stunning &#039;Pearl Harbor&#039; Attack Deep Inside Russia\">reportedly wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t suspended at the time because she didn&rsquo;t walk toward the other lawmakers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">21-year-old M&auml;ori MP performs haka before parliament speech in New Zealand <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wRhvaqJ9UV\">pic.twitter.com\/wRhvaqJ9UV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/historyinmemes\/status\/1744045072344027599?\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Maipi-Clarke has for her part denied that there was anything intimidating about the Haka dance, reportedly noting that there have been other instances where lawmakers left their seats and approached opposition party members without a problem.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I came into this house to give a voice to the voiceless,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Is that the real issue here? 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