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New Zealand parliament, haka

Hosted on MSN · 6h

New Zealand parliament members cry out against bill threatening Maori communities

Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous groups, as contentious legislation moves forward that could threaten Maori support systems.

CNN on MSN · 7h

New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament

Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest - interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill - has highlighted the tension between Māori tikanga, or customs, and the rules of Parliament. The suspension of Parliament over a haka and the national hīkoi by thousands of people are garnering international headlines.

Sri Lanka votes for new parliament

Bloomberg L.P. · 3h

Sri Lanka President’s Bloc Takes Early Lead in Parliament Polls

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition took an early lead in parliamentary elections seen as a test of the leftist leader’s ambitious pledges to combat corruption and change the terms of an unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout.

BBC on MSN · 22h

Snap Sri Lankan election poses test for new leader

Sri Lanka’s 17.1 million voters head to the polls again on Thursday to vote in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president. More than 8,800 candidates are in the fray in an election marked by a low-key campaign.

Sri Lanka Leader Seeks to Bolster Power With Parliamentary Vote

Sri Lanka holds its first parliamentary elections since the victory of its outsider leftist president, in a test of his ambitious pledges to combat corruption and rewrite an unpopular International Monetary Fund loan program.

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Austrian prosecutors ask parliament to lift far-right leader's immunity

Austrian prosecutors have asked parliament to lift far-right leader Herbert Kickl's immunity over an allegation that he ...

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EU Parliament Demands Further Changes to Deforestation Rules

The European Parliament demanded further changes to a landmark law to tackle global deforestation, adding complications to a ...

Japan's parliament convenes after prime minister elected

Japan's parliament convened the 215th Diet on Thursday after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition lost its ...

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Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate

Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and ...

Slovenia's parliament commission rejects former prime minister as central bank governor

The three parties of the ruling coalition, which have expressed support for Jazbec, have 52 deputies in parliament. If Rop ...

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European parliament approves one-year delay to the EU anti-deforestation law

The European Parliament voted on Thursday for a 12-month delay to the implementation of a law banning the import of ...

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Kerre Woodham: The chaos in Parliament was a reflection of us

Kerre Woodham thinks the chaos and fighting during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill was a reflection of what ...

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Vanderpuye says minority caucus won't return to parliament till after the elections

The Odododiodio MP Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has indicated that the minority caucus will boycott parliament until after the ...

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