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New Zealand’s parliament conducts after-hour ... among political staffers for decades — are held in the parliament buildings in Wellington, and tour guides dress in Victorian-era garb and ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A veiled woman burst ... are not the usual fodder of daily tours offered at the parliament buildings in Wellington. After hours on Thursday, however, guides ...
In New Zealand’s Parliament, every legislator has the chance to advance a proposed law, no matter how unpopular, thanks to an ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A veiled woman burst ... are not the usual fodder of daily tours offered at the parliament buildings in Wellington. After hours on Thursday, however, guides ...
The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural ...
A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber.
The law, an attempt to rewrite New Zealand’s founding treaty ... cited episodes where MPs have brawled in Parliament and driven a tractor up the building’s steps, but were not suspended ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... cited episodes where lawmakers have brawled in Parliament and driven a tractor up the building’s steps, but were not suspended, as evidence that the bans ...