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What the Hell Is Happening in New Zealand's Parliament?
Townhall ^ | 11/16/2024 | Mia Cathell

Posted on 11/15/2024 7:34:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 11/15/2024 7:34:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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Looks to me like they’re simply auditioning for a seat on The View!

I think they’ve got the proper look and attitude.

2 posted on 11/15/2024 7:37:18 AM PST by sjmjax
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To: SeekAndFind

The floor-shaking performance involved the legislators bulging their eyes (”pukana”), sticking out their tongues (”whetero”), and stomping their feet (”Waewae takahia”) in unison.


first thought was this was the democrats.


3 posted on 11/15/2024 7:37:52 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So what’s the Cliff Notes version of the story?

What’s the issue with the Treaty and what the government is trying to do to or with it?


4 posted on 11/15/2024 7:38:49 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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they are a liberal country so I don’t care what happens in there government.


5 posted on 11/15/2024 7:39:57 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: SeekAndFind; shaggy eel

ping


6 posted on 11/15/2024 7:40:52 AM PST by null and void ( Every political system is flawed, and all bureaucracies are corrupt. ~ chud)
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To: SeekAndFind

If you dubbed in some Al Jolson movie it would look like a minstrel show.


7 posted on 11/15/2024 7:41:42 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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Māori are NOT indigenous. They only arrived around 700 years ago, and genocided and cannibalized the actual indigenous people, and performed this sick, Satanic ritual before eating them. It should be banned as a hate crime.


8 posted on 11/15/2024 7:42:09 AM PST by montag813
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A display of the savage. Haka is fun for a rugby match, but in a deliberative legislative body, it’s childish.
They merely demonstrated why white people are in charge over there. They cannot express an idea, so they do a scary Gilligan’s Island dance.
That culture never created anything memorable beyond the war club.

They should all be expelled.


9 posted on 11/15/2024 7:42:31 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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RE: So what’s the Cliff Notes version of the story?

The protests by Māori members of New Zealand’s parliament relate to concerns over the reinterpretation of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty of Waitangi is a foundational document that outlines the relationship between the British Crown and the Indigenous Māori people of New Zealand.

Māori MPs are concerned that the proposed bill would undermine the original intent and protections established in the treaty for Māori rights and sovereignty. The haka, a traditional Māori dance and chant, was used as a form of protest and to assert Māori identity and resistance to the proposed changes.

The Māori members acted to disrupt the parliamentary proceedings in order to draw attention to their opposition to the bill and defend the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. This reflects the ongoing tensions and debates around how to properly interpret and uphold the treaty’s provisions, which are seen as crucial for protecting Māori interests and self-determination.

The Treaty of Waitangi was a treaty signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Māori chiefs in New Zealand. It is considered the founding document of New Zealand as a nation.

The key points of the treaty are:

* It established British sovereignty over New Zealand, while also recognizing Māori ownership of their lands and resources.

* It guaranteed Māori tribes full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their lands, forests, fisheries and other properties.

* It gave Māori the same rights as British subjects.

The treaty has been the subject of ongoing debate and controversy as Māori have argued that the English and Māori versions of the treaty differ significantly in their meaning and intent. This has led to disputes over the interpretation and application of the treaty’s principles.


10 posted on 11/15/2024 7:42:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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The bug eyed thing is funny though.


11 posted on 11/15/2024 7:43:06 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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Recalling El Rushbo’s observation that, “Politics is show biz for the ugly.”


12 posted on 11/15/2024 7:45:57 AM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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Is Elizabeth Warren now a Maori?


13 posted on 11/15/2024 7:48:00 AM PST by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
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To: DesertRhino

That Māori gal who started the haka has a future in show business.


14 posted on 11/15/2024 7:49:00 AM PST by Orosius (“Wake America Up Again )
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To: SeekAndFind

Maori War dances are popular before Rugby matches.


15 posted on 11/15/2024 7:49:37 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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Psychotic estrogen filled women in positions of power. THATS the problem. NZ and Australia...easy picking for the Chicoms


16 posted on 11/15/2024 7:49:56 AM PST by Hammerhead
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And that is where that cannibal dance should remain. There is nothing redeeming about that pagan culture. Except to remind the world why civilization needed to spread, and where the term “white man’s burden” came from.


17 posted on 11/15/2024 7:51:22 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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**Maori War dances are popular before Rugby matches.**
Happens in the NFL too.

Happy to see they’re having a good time. As I honkey I’d join them. I’m sure the guy with the long tonge aroused a lot of women.


18 posted on 11/15/2024 7:53:35 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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The British should should come back and make them all subjects again. Make Subjects Great Again.


19 posted on 11/15/2024 7:54:47 AM PST by Rural_Michigan
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If I read it correctly Seymour the Author also a Maori wanted to include ALL New Zealanders to the same rights which look to be pretty basic and similar to Our rights for all people


20 posted on 11/15/2024 7:57:46 AM PST by RWGinger (FJB)
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