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Māori Party MPs suspended over haka protest in NZ parliament (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We'll have no nonsense from those uppity natives while government tries to retroactively rewrite history with legislation.

-- Speaker of the House, Chair of the Privileges Committee (probably)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

In this case the Speaker is actually pushing back against the committee's recommendations. There's a really good write up from RNZ here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/561329/the-house-parliamentary-privileges-race-as-an-aggravating-factor