Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand's parliament with a stirring "haka" dance, voicing opposition to a race relations bill that has ignited protests across the country.

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill.

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And yet they swaggered to the title, before celebrating with a touching rendition of the Maori folk song “Te Iwi E”, which is a love song to the land and its ancestral inhabitants, with player ...