Yesterday’s Treaty Principles parliamentary debate caught international attention. 

Labour MP Willie Jackson was ejected from Parliament during the debate, and Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended following a haka. 

A number of countries have reacted, with Sky News Australia labelling the scenes a “temper tantrum”. 

US Fox News attempted a haka of their own. 

UK newspaper The Guardian described the “significant public backlash” the Bill faces, and international news agency Reuters reported on “shouting drowning out others in the chamber”.  

Political commentator Peter Dunne tells Heather du Plessis-Allan “Parliament is the highest court in the land and proper decorum and dignity should be a part of its proceedings.” 

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