New Zealand MP Peeni Henare sorry for breaking House rules, but not for haka in Parliament
New Zealand MP Peeni Henare apologised for leaving his seat during a haka protest in Parliament but insisted his actions were ...
MPs ordered to stop complaining about use of country’s indigenous name
Mr Peters asked Mr Brownlee to ban the use of the term “Aotearoa” in Parliament. On Tuesday, Mr Brownlee said lawmakers were ...
New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country’s Māori name in Parliament
The speaker of New Zealand’s Parliament has told lawmakers that he will not consider further complaints about the use of the ...
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Labour MP Peeni Henare Faces Parliamentary Privileges Hearing Over Controversial Haka Against Treaty Principles Bill
Former Labour Minister Peeni Henare is off to hear his fate in front of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee on today after ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Labour’s Peeni Henare facing privileges committee for haka in the House
Senior Labour MP Peeni Henare faces his “first trip to the principal’s office” tomorrow evening when he goes before ...
Gerry Brownlee shuts down concerns about use of ‘Aotearoa’, Winston Peters says he’s ‘wrong’
Winston Peters had previously raised concerns. Speaker Gerry Brownlee says he doesn’t want to hear any more concerns about ...
Don't complain about use of New Zealand's Māori name, MPs told
It comes after the deputy prime minister tried to ban lawmakers from calling the country Aotearoa in parliament.
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New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country's Māori name in Parliament
“Aotearoa is regularly used as a name of New Zealand,” Speaker Gerry Brownlee said in a ruling Tuesday. “It appears on our passports and it appears on our currency.” The conflict over a ...