New Zealand Youngest MP Strikes Again In Parliament With Maori Haka Over Contentious Indigenous Bill

New Zealand Parliament saw a fiery session on Thursday after Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, who is also the youngest MP in the Parliament, ripped up a copy of the Indigenous Treaty Bill while performing the rousing Haka dance, prompting others to join in.

Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke in New Zealand Parliament

A video of the Parliament session in New Zealand is now going viral, when MPs gathered to vote on the Treaty Principles Bill, but the session was disrupted by the 22-year-old Te Pati Maori MP, who ripped up a copy of the bill and performed the traditional Maori dance of haka.

Other members of the House and spectators in the gallery joined Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke in the haka, leading to Speaker Gerry Brownlee briefly suspending the House session.