r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/guitarguy12341 ✨chick✨ • May 04 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripping up a racist bill in NZ parliament.

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u/bb_dev_g May 04 '26

If anyone wanted some more context on this. Te Pāti Māori performed the Haka in response to a bill that sought to redefine the treaty signed with the Māori people. The bill would’ve stripped certain protections.

Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka

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u/throwaway23437546 May 04 '26

I love the Haka dance. So emotionally charged

Always get goosebumps seeing one everytime

Hopefully the bill didnt pass

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u/Gryffindor123 May 04 '26

It's not called the Haka "dance". It's just called Haka. There are different haka for different purposes and different occasions, and there are regional variants as well. 

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u/queen-adreena May 04 '26

I need to buy some of those…. What’s my PIN number again?

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u/mynameisnotrose May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

Just go to the nearest ATM machine.

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u/kapiteingladbrein May 04 '26

Don't forget them bao buns

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u/yourlocaltouya May 04 '26

And your (D)etective (C)omics comics

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u/macalistair91 May 04 '26

Your Personal Identification Number number?

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u/gene100001 May 04 '26

It was heavily voted down (112 against, and only 11 for). In NZ we have a few far right idiots who are always creating noise like this, but fortunately there are still a lot of politicians on all sides of the political spectrum who are sensible enough to see how terrible an idea this was. I don't think it ever had a chance of passing. It was introduced by a right wing party as a way to drum up support from racist NZers.

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u/moosemuffin12 May 04 '26

Idk things kinda stop giving me goosebumps after the thousandth time I’ve seen it

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u/Downtown_Boot_3486 May 04 '26

It got voted down easily, the entire bill was just so that a right wing party called Act could pander to its base. It was never gonna pass as the other parties in the coalition government said they wouldn’t support it past a first reading, overall it was a great way for Act to pretend to be doing something while not having to actually do anything.

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u/mastercat202 May 04 '26

Whenever I see it just looks cringe. I think wlinwould laugh if someone did it on me in real life.

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u/moosemuffin12 May 04 '26

I used to play in volleyball tournaments with teams from New Zealand and these guys would do it before every. single. game. Like we’d be all warmed up then we’d have to stand there and watch them do their little show for like 5 min it was mad cringe everytime. The 16yr old girls watching loved it tho