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Three MPs from the Māori Party and one from Labour have been referred to the Privileges Committee after they interrupted voting on a contentious bill.
Speaker Gerry Brownlee was forced to take the rare move of suspending the House and clearing the public gallery after Maori Party MPs performed a haka.
Protests are underway against the contentious bill.
Only 2 years after ‘a new era’ for Māori health was heralded by a split between Māori and non-Māori systems, it’s officially over.
Ghahraman said her actions were ‘completely out of character’ and that it was driven by ‘unrecognised trauma.’
Calling an MP a liar in Parliament is against Standing Orders.
