much better footage of the haka that shut down parliament today
this is on my blog at least 5 times already but i had to reblog it again, because i was catching up on local news from this morning (mostly following the hīkoi which i sadly couldn't attend bc disability)
and maipi-clarke (the girl starting the haka) spoke briefly on this going viral
she confirmed that the haka in protest was planned, but it wasn't supposed to be her that started it, it was supposed to be the much older and more experienced rawiri waititi (known perhaps most recently for declaring māori independence in response to the new government)
but instead they handed the bill to her. and this is speculation on my part, but given how our current right wing government has been pulling out a lot of dirty tricks lately to avoid māori protests, i wouldn't be surprised if they gave it to the youngest member of parliament (she's only 22), because they figured she would be the least likely to be brave and step up
so i just wanna congratulate her again for sticking to it, they tried to use her inexperience to shut her up and she just went okay, i'm leading this now, and good for her
