schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNew Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given unprecedented punishmentwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1639
arrow-up1639external-linkNew Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given unprecedented punishmentwww.theguardian.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square88linkfedilink
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up236·10 months agoThis was five months ago. The MPs haka sparked national protest and a nine day march against the Treaty Principles Bill, which did not pass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Principles_Bill
minus-squarebean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up159·10 months agoSounds like it worked, and now the conservatives are mad and trying to punish?
minus-squareMadrigal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·10 months agoPretty much. That and trying to distract people from the details of their budget, which will without doubt be all the usual crap you’d expect from conservatives.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI would venture to guess that the disciplinary action generated more attention than the haka itself. So a good thing in the end.
This was five months ago. The MPs haka sparked national protest and a nine day march against the Treaty Principles Bill, which did not pass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Principles_Bill
Sounds like it worked, and now the conservatives are mad and trying to punish?
Pretty much. That and trying to distract people from the details of their budget, which will without doubt be all the usual crap you’d expect from conservatives.
I would venture to guess that the disciplinary action generated more attention than the haka itself. So a good thing in the end.