I think that was amazingly awesome. The people saying there’s a time and place, you’re correct. This was the time and place. Take a stand, make noise, make people uncomfortable. Quiet compliance is what got us here in the first place.
Also like, it’s fucking Aoteroa. In colonial nations one must be prepared for indigenous members of their government to perform cultural acts of resistance when the colonist faction of the government gets up to some shit.
From the other side of the world I saw her actions powerful and warranted. Though I do come from a country with a history of far less reasonable displays of dissatisfaction in our legislature.
Which one is that and what are the displays? (if you don’t mind sharing, of course)
It’s America, so in the modern day it’s mostly relegated to shit like reading the phone book or if lucky reading incredibly long relevant things. But we’ve had fist fights and duels as a result of congressional conflict.
You might have mentioned that Nazi raid on the election certification proceedings…
True but that wasn’t congress doing iy
Culture, in MY politics?? No, no, I need to pretend all people are the same and want the same things I do, if I have the context of culture 🤢 I might have to consider people have valid perspectives I don’t share!! /s if we do that here
Exactly. White person living on the other side of the god damn planet here, and I cheered when I heard what she did. She’s amazing. If all politicians had her moral fiber and backbone, we’d have world peace.
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.
The bill was never going to pass, the other two parties in the coalition had made it very clear they would support the bill to its first reading and no further, and only agreed to support it that far because they couldn’t have formed a government otherwise.
This didn’t really change anything.
So if it was never going to pass, what was the point of introducing it? Just a provocation?
Because they wanted to get their minor coalition partners the colonialist vote. Which of course means they wanted the colonialist vote by proxy.
Seems like a good protest in more than one way
You’ll have to ask David Seymour that question.
I would venture to guess that the disciplinary action generated more attention than the haka itself. So a good thing in the end.
Wait if I’m reading this right this punishment comes from something that happened 5 months ago and it will result in them not being allowed to participate in the budget debate? Will that’s fucking Twisted isn’t it? If it was really a punishment for an action why would it not happen sooner? Why would they wait until this critical budget debate to implement it? Seems like maybe it’s just an excuse to stop these people from participating in the budget debate. Like an excuse to stop their constituents from being represented. This is blatantly anti-democratic.
It’s racism so that the colonialist power structure can continue its genocide without dissent from the people it is targeting
In Spain one congressman, Alberto Rodríguez Rodríguez, had his seat removed by a “judicial decision” in 2021 and once the elections passed, in 2024, and he didn’t have the seat anymore, that “judicial decision” was reversed, saying that he had to be fined but he shouldn’t have lost his seat.
Now everyone, let’s sing: LAWFAREEEEEEEEEEE!
Brazil had an entire presidential coup based around the same logic.
This call for more hakas… 💪
Hakas will continue until morale improves
Colonialism is alive and well in NZ.
They did a dance and were suspended. Sounds like New Zealand parliament is channeling their inner magat.
Fuck the King
Like the French do.
So who can regale us on why the current coalition is running cover for colonialists in New Zealand. I thought that was usually a losing move there.
Boo
Removed by mod
Member of Parliament.
Removed by mod
Can they appeal to the courts?
Unconscionable.
That was pretty badass.
