Māori party co-leader ejected from New Zealand parliament after performing haka – video

An Indigenous New Zealand lawmaker was thrown out of New Zealand's parliament for performing a Mori haka in protest against what he said were racist arguments.

Rawiri Waititi told lawmakers in the chamber that he was forced to listen to a constant barrage of insults' directed toward Indigenous people. Speaker Trevor Mallard told Waititi to sit down, but instead he performed the haka, a traditional dance or challenge accompanied by a chant.

Order. The member will now leave the chamber,' Mallard told Waititi, which he did along with his co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

• Mori party co-leader ejected from parliament after performing haka in racism row