New Zealand: Youngest Maori MP Hana Rawhiti performed traditional Maori dance in Parliament and tore a copy of a bill, video goes viral

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A heated debate was witnessed in the New Zealand Parliament on Thursday. In fact, Maori MP Hana Rawhiti Kariariki Mapi Clark tore a copy of the Indigenous Treaty Bill while performing the Haka dance in the Parliament itself. After this, other people also joined in. Let us tell you that Hana Rawhiti is the youngest MP in the New Zealand Parliament. The video of the New Zealand Parliament session is now going viral. In fact, New Zealand MPs had gathered in Parliament to vote on the Principle Bill. During this, 22-year-old Te Pati’s Maori MP Hana Rawhiti disrupted the session. During this, she tore a copy of the bill and performed the traditional Haka dance in the House.

Hana Rawhiti performed Haka dance in Parliament
Immediately after Hana Rawhiti did this, other members of the House and the audience sitting in the gallery also joined Hana in the Haka dance. Due to this, Speaker Gerry Brownlee adjourned the House session for some time. Let us tell you that under the principles laid down in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which guides the relationship between the government and the Maori, the tribes were promised broad rights to retain their land and protect their interests in exchange for handing over governance to the British. The bill specified that those rights should apply to all New Zealanders.

Who is Hana Rawhiti?

Hana Rawhiti Kariariki Maphi-Clark is a 22-year-old MP in New Zealand, who represents Te Pati Maori in Parliament. She is the youngest MP in the House in New Zealand’s two hundred years. Maphi-Clark also made a lot of headlines in the beginning when she was elected in the 2023 election held in New Zealand and while giving her first speech in Parliament, she performed the traditional haka. Isaac video also went viral on social media. Let us tell you that Hana is the youngest MP in the New Zealand Parliament.