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
Important to not forget this isn't the only thing happening. The haka disrupting the vote in parliament is supported by nation wide hīkoi of thousands of people on their way to the capital to protest this
If you want to learn about what the proposed bill is that people are protesting and what it would actually mean for the constitution of Aotearoa if it went through...
[Video description:
A video taken in the NZ Parliament debate chamber. It starts zoomed in on MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, a young Māori woman. She holds up a piece of paper (the bill being debated) and rips it in two. She chants a haka, a fierce look on her face, as she makes her way down from her seat to stand in front of the opposing MPs and chant directly at them. Two members of her party join her. Several other people are standing to join the haka. The camera pans up to show the public gallery, where most of the members of the public have also joined in on the haka. The words of the haka, which is repeated three times, are:
Ka mate, ka mate! Ka ora, ka ora!
Ka mate, ka mate! Ka ora, ka ora!
Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru
Nāna nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te rā
Ā, upane! ka upane!
Ā, upane, ka upane, whiti te rā!
After the haka ends there is some intelligible shouting and the sound of the Speaker of the House saying "The House is to be suspended, that is what the ringing of the bells means, and the gallery is to be cleared-"]
Translation of the haka:
I will die, I will die! I will live, I will live! (x2)
This is the woman who fetched the sun and caused it to shine again
A step forward, another step forward (×2)
The sun shines!
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