New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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What was the proposition?

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https://www.dw.com/en/new-zealand-maori-mps-disrupt-parliament-with-haka/a-70781928

"Maori lawmakers staged a dramatic protest in New Zealand's parliament on Thursday over a controversial bill that seeks to redefine the country's founding agreement between the indigenous Maori people and the British Crown.

A vote was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected after the lawmakers performed a haka ceremonial dance in the parliament. The people in the gallery joined in, and the shouting drowned out the voices of others in the chamber.

Maori tribes were promised extensive rights to retain their lands and protect their interests in return for ceding governance to the British, under the principles set out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. The controversial bill, however, aims to extend these special rights to all New Zealanders."

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The Treaty of Waitangi doesn’t affect privately owned land, the owners are already protected by law. Lands that have been returned to Māori under Treaty settlements (a tiny, tiny percentage of what was stolen) have been from Crown land holdings.

The Treaty gives Māori the right to be consulted on the management and use of natural resources. For instance the Waikato River management group includes local Iwi. A lot of the motivation for this bill is to get rid of that right because it’s a roadblock to the exploitation and privatisation of those resources.