Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, the youngest MP in Aotearoa, starts a haka to protest the first vote on a bill reinterpreting the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi
Goes insanely hard
To provide further context from what I understand the bill wanted to take the rights guaranteed to the Maori in said treaty and expand them to all New Zealand citizens. The issue with that is that it sort of defeats the point of the protections of the treaty.
Currently the recognised "principles of the Treaty of Waitangi" are
- the Government has the right to make laws;
- Māori retain ownership of their lands and other resources;
- everyone is equal under the law.
The second point, critically, applies not just to Māori individuals but to Māori social institutions and organizations, which are also granted the right to self-management.
The Bill being protested here would have removed the right of Māori social institutions to manage lands and other resources.
