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Māori Party MPs suspended over haka protest in NZ parliament (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A process that takes 5 months and coincides with them not being able to participate in the budget debate? Don't buy that at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool.

The reason the process dragged out so long is largely due to the conduct of the party members in question, namely refusing to attend hearings etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you have a source that says the 5-month delay was caused by that refusal? Because while one of them at least refused to come they did present a response that should have been enough to continue the meetings and not cause a 5-month delay.

Te Pati Maori refused to go before the Privileges Committee but did provide a written response, saying it was appropriate “to rise and haka to express anger and opposition to a subject that is abusive and denigrating”.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/new-zealand-mps-behind-viral-haka-protest-suspended-from-parliament-20250515-p5lzdp.html

Why did they take so long for these members and not the labor member who they already dealt with? Why the delay between those two events? Why did this ruling conservative party have so much trouble with what should have been a simple recommendation? And why did they delay it until now?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You seem to have answered your own question with that quote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So you have no source that contends that at all then? That's what I thought.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm not here to Google shit for you, their conduct has been widely reported on if you care enough to learn the full story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

LOL. You guys are such racist cucks. It's hilarious to watch the worst people in the country cry because they failed to crush the Maori with their racist bill.