12 May 2021

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi ejected from Parliament

From Checkpoint, 5:10 pm on 12 May 2021

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been kicked out of the House for doing a haka in protest of questions by the Opposition about race-based policy.

National leader Judith Collins was asking Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about her views of the He Puapua report, which provides recommendations to the government about how it can give effect to Māori self-sovereignty.

Waititi called on the Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard to intervene on what he called racist propaganda against Māori in the House.