Maori flags fly outside New Zealand's parliament during a protest in November 2024. Photo: AP PHOTO

New Zealand's parliament has been suspended for a short period when people in the public gallery broke into a haka after the newest member of parliament for the Maori party finished her maiden speech.

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Te Pati Maori's Oriini Kaipara was elected to parliament in September to fill a vacant seat and made her first speech to the House on Thursday.

Following the speech, members of parliament from across the house and those in the public gallery sang a planned and approved Maori song to cel

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