The New Zealand Parliament has voted to impose record suspensions on three lawmakers who did a Maori haka as a protest. The incident took place last November during a debate on a law on Indigenous rights.

Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banished from parliament for 21 days, the longest-ever suspension.

New Zealand's parliament has handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor.

New Zealand lawmakers face record suspensions for performing Māori haka in Parliament to protest a controversial bill.