Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke

==== 2024 haka protest ====

==== 2024 haka protest ====

On 14 November 2024, Maipi-Clarke protested the [[Treaty Principles Bill]] in New Zealand's parliament. If passed, the bill would define principles of the treaty between Māori and [[Monarch of New Zealand|The Crown]]. Māori groups and critics of the bill have argued that the bill would disrupt established interpretations of the treaty and undermine traditional Māori rights. Maipi-Clarke stated her party's voting position; six votes opposed. She then tore her copy of the bill in two during its first reading in Parliament, while leading the [[haka]] "{{lang|mi|[[Ka Mate]]}}".{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/14/mp-rips-up-bill-leads-haka-as-nz-parliament-erupts-over-waitangi-treaty-bill-video | title=MP rips up bill, leads haka as NZ parliament erupts over Waitangi treaty bill – video | newspaper=The Guardian }}{{cite news |title=Watch: Haka interrupts vote for the Treaty Principles Bill |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/533795/watch-haka-interrupts-vote-for-the-treaty-principles-bill |work=[[RNZ]] |date=14 November 2024 |language=en-nz}} Following this, the [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker]], [[Gerry Brownlee]], suspended Parliament for 20 minutes as well as [[naming (parliamentary procedure)|naming]] Maipi-Clarke for her actions, suspending her from Parliament for 24 hours.{{cite news |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360487268/shame-outcry-treaty-principles-bill-debated-parliament |archive-date=15 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115011419/https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360487268/shame-outcry-treaty-principles-bill-debated-parliament |title='Shame': Outcry as Treaty Principles Bill debated in Parliament |work=[[The Post (New Zealand newspaper)|The Post]] |first=Thomas |last=Manch |date=14 November 2024 |access-date=15 November 2024 |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]]}} Video of the haka received hundreds of millions of views online.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/treaty-principles-bill-te-pati-maori-act-claim-victory-over-response-to-haka-in-parliament/6VDFVKF3VJGKZL6RA5YOM6MY4E/ |title=Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, Act claim victory over response to haka in Parliament |date=19 November 2024 |work=New Zealand Herald |first=Giles |last=Dexter}} On 10 December 2024, Brownlee referred Maipi-Clarke along with Te Pāti Māori co-leaders [[Rawiri Waititi]] and [[Debbie Ngarewa-Packer]], and Labour MP [[Peeni Henare]] to the Privileges Committee for their involvement in the haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill.{{cite news |last1=McConnell |first1=Glenn |title='Do I care? No': Te Pāti Māori responds to Speaker's rebuke over haka |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360517484/te-pati-maori-and-labour-mps-referred-privileges-committee-over-haka |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=10 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213013738/https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360517484/te-pati-maori-and-labour-mps-referred-privileges-committee-over-haka |archive-date=13 December 2024|url-status=live}}

On 14 November 2024, Maipi-Clarke protested the [[Treaty Principles Bill]] in New Zealand's parliament. If passed, the bill would define principles of the treaty between Māori and [[Monarch of New Zealand|The Crown]]. Māori groups and critics of the bill have argued that the bill would disrupt established interpretations of the treaty and undermine traditional Māori rights. Maipi-Clarke stated her party's voting position; six votes opposed. She then tore her copy of the bill in two during its first reading in Parliament, while leading the [[haka]] "{{lang|mi|[[Ka Mate]]}}".{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/14/mp-rips-up-bill-leads-haka-as-nz-parliament-erupts-over-waitangi-treaty-bill-video | title=MP rips up bill, leads haka as NZ parliament erupts over Waitangi treaty bill – video | newspaper=The Guardian }}{{cite news |title=Watch: Haka interrupts vote for the Treaty Principles Bill |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/533795/watch-haka-interrupts-vote-for-the-treaty-principles-bill |work=[[RNZ]] |date=14 November 2024 |language=en-nz}} Following this, the [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker]], [[Gerry Brownlee]], suspended Parliament for 20 minutes as well as [[naming (parliamentary procedure)|naming]] Maipi-Clarke for her actions, suspending her from Parliament for 24 hours.{{cite news |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360487268/shame-outcry-treaty-principles-bill-debated-parliament |archive-date=15 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115011419/https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360487268/shame-outcry-treaty-principles-bill-debated-parliament |title='Shame': Outcry as Treaty Principles Bill debated in Parliament |work=[[The Post (New Zealand newspaper)|The Post]] |first=Thomas |last=Manch |date=14 November 2024 |access-date=15 November 2024 |publisher=[[Stuff (company)|Stuff]]}} Video of the haka received hundreds of millions of views online.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/treaty-principles-bill-te-pati-maori-act-claim-victory-over-response-to-haka-in-parliament/6VDFVKF3VJGKZL6RA5YOM6MY4E/ |title=Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, Act claim victory over response to haka in Parliament |date=18 November 2024 |work=New Zealand Herald |first=Giles |last=Dexter}} On 10 December 2024, Brownlee referred Maipi-Clarke along with Te Pāti Māori co-leaders [[Rawiri Waititi]] and [[Debbie Ngarewa-Packer]], and Labour MP [[Peeni Henare]] to the Privileges Committee for their involvement in the haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill.{{cite news |last1=McConnell |first1=Glenn |title='Do I care? No': Te Pāti Māori responds to Speaker's rebuke over haka |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360517484/te-pati-maori-and-labour-mps-referred-privileges-committee-over-haka |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=10 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213013738/https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360517484/te-pati-maori-and-labour-mps-referred-privileges-committee-over-haka |archive-date=13 December 2024|url-status=live}}

On 1 April 2025, Maipi-Clarke, Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer declined to appear before the Privileges Committee, claiming they had been denied key legal rights such as a joint hearing, restrictions on their legal representation [[Christopher Finlayson]], expert testimony from [[tikanga]] expert Tā Pou Temara denied, hearing scheduling conflicts being ignored and concerns about disciplinary action against Maipi-Clarke.{{cite news |last1=Natanahira |first1=Tuwhenuaroa |last2=Bailey-McDowell |first2=Layla |last3=Hanly |first3=Lillian |title=Te Pāti Māori MPs refuse to attend Parliament's Privileges Committee hearing over haka protest |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556841/te-pati-maori-mps-refuse-to-attend-parliament-s-privileges-committee-hearing-over-haka-protest |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=1 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401033505/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556841/te-pati-maori-mps-refuse-to-attend-parliament-s-privileges-committee-hearing-over-haka-protest |archive-date=1 April 2025|url-status=live}} On 2 April, Chairperson of the Privileges Committee [[Judith Collins]] confirmed that the privileges hearing would proceed regardless of whether or not the three TPM MPs turned up.{{cite news |last1=Hanly |first1=Lillian |title=Privileges Committee hearing to go ahead without Te Pāti Māori MPs |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556962/privileges-committee-hearing-to-go-ahead-without-te-pati-maori-mps |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=2 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403043953/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556962/privileges-committee-hearing-to-go-ahead-without-te-pati-maori-mps |archive-date=3 April 2025}} In response, Te Pāti Māori's leadership announced that the trio would boycott the hearing and hold their own "alternative independent hearing," dismissing the Privileges Committee as a "[[kangaroo court]]."{{cite news |last1=Hanly |first1=Lillian |title=Te Pāti Māori to hold own hearing after boycotting Privileges Committee |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/556984/te-pati-maori-to-hold-own-hearing-after-boycotting-privileges-committee |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=3 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403044403/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/556984/te-pati-maori-to-hold-own-hearing-after-boycotting-privileges-committee |archive-date=3 April 2025}}

On 1 April 2025, Maipi-Clarke, Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer declined to appear before the Privileges Committee, claiming they had been denied key legal rights such as a joint hearing, restrictions on their legal representation [[Christopher Finlayson]], expert testimony from [[tikanga]] expert Tā Pou Temara denied, hearing scheduling conflicts being ignored and concerns about disciplinary action against Maipi-Clarke.{{cite news |last1=Natanahira |first1=Tuwhenuaroa |last2=Bailey-McDowell |first2=Layla |last3=Hanly |first3=Lillian |title=Te Pāti Māori MPs refuse to attend Parliament's Privileges Committee hearing over haka protest |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556841/te-pati-maori-mps-refuse-to-attend-parliament-s-privileges-committee-hearing-over-haka-protest |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=1 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401033505/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556841/te-pati-maori-mps-refuse-to-attend-parliament-s-privileges-committee-hearing-over-haka-protest |archive-date=1 April 2025|url-status=live}} On 2 April, Chairperson of the Privileges Committee [[Judith Collins]] confirmed that the privileges hearing would proceed regardless of whether or not the three TPM MPs turned up.{{cite news |last1=Hanly |first1=Lillian |title=Privileges Committee hearing to go ahead without Te Pāti Māori MPs |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556962/privileges-committee-hearing-to-go-ahead-without-te-pati-maori-mps |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=2 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403043953/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556962/privileges-committee-hearing-to-go-ahead-without-te-pati-maori-mps |archive-date=3 April 2025}} In response, Te Pāti Māori's leadership announced that the trio would boycott the hearing and hold their own "alternative independent hearing," dismissing the Privileges Committee as a "[[kangaroo court]]."{{cite news |last1=Hanly |first1=Lillian |title=Te Pāti Māori to hold own hearing after boycotting Privileges Committee |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/556984/te-pati-maori-to-hold-own-hearing-after-boycotting-privileges-committee |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=3 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403044403/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/556984/te-pati-maori-to-hold-own-hearing-after-boycotting-privileges-committee |archive-date=3 April 2025}}