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New Zealand: Three Maori MPs face suspension over protest haka

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Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke began the traditional group dance after being asked if her party supported a controversial bill to redefine the country's founding treaty with Mori people.

The haka could have "initimidated" other lawmakers, a parliamentary committee ruled.

The Mori Party criticised the recommendations as a "warning shot to all of us to fall in line" The bill was voted down 112 votes to 11 last month after a government committee recommended it should not proceed.

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