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New Zealand MPs, including Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, face suspension after performing a haka during a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill, which sought to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi.

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New Zealand's youngest MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, on Thursday tore up a copy of the contentious Treaty Principles Bill and performed a traditional Maori haka during a House session.

Today, the haka most famously associated with New Zealand's rugby team, the All Blacks, is "Ka Mate," composed around 1820 by Māori chief Te Rauparaha.

As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill on Thursday, Te Pati Maori MPs stood and began a haka, a traditional Maori dance made famous by New Zealand’s rugby team.