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A Te Pati Māori MP has been suspended from Parliament for kicking off a deafening haka in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill.
Opposition MPs and people in the public gallery joined in, interrupting a vote on the legislation and forcing the Speaker to clear the House.
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says today's events were a mess.
"I've never seen anything like it in more than 40 years of covering Parliament - the Speaker lost control, by no fault of his own."
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