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Native America Calling: The haka heard round the world
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
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The haka heard round the world
When Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Āti Awa, and Ngāi Tahu) performed a haka on the floor of New Zealand’s Parliament, she brought global awareness of the constant colonial pressure to dismantle established rights for Indigenous people.

In the viral video, she dramatically tears apart a proposed bill that would weaken Māori political standing established in a nearly 200 year-old treaty between the Crown and 500 Māori chiefs. She was suspended — for a bill that may never become law. The fight in New Zealand exemplifies a resurgence in efforts to backtrack on the gains in recognition and respect for established Indigenous rights.

Plus, Native America Calling gets Indigenous perspectives on the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29 in Azerbaijan that just wrapped up. There is growing concern and dissatisfaction that the concerns of Indigenous people about their vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change are going unheard.

‘Haka Queen,’ Who is Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, youngest New Zealand MP who rocked Parliament
‘Haka Queen,’ Who is Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, youngest New Zealand MP who rocked Parliament

Once again, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has gone viral as her protest in New Zealand protest hogged limelight. Maipi-Clarke staged a haka protest to express di…
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Guests on Native America Calling
Margaret Mutu (Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, and Ngāti Whātua), Ngāti Kahu leader and professor of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, and Ngā Rauru), Member of Parliament and co-leader of Te Pāti Māori

Janine Hayward, professor of politics at the University of Otago

Tom Goldtooth (Diné and Mdewakanton Dakota), executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network

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