Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi speaks in Wellington, New Zealand, February 9, 2021 in this still image taken from video taken on February 9, 2021. TVNZ/Handout via REUTERS ...

Rawiri Waititi. A New Zealand lawmaker sparked debate and international headlines this week after he criticized a parliamentary requirement that lawmakers there must wear neckties, calling the ...

On Tuesday, Rawiri Waititi, the head of New Zealand’s Maori Party, donned what he dubbed Maori business attire — a necklace with a large ornament, called a hei tiki — and went about his day.

Three days had been the longest ban for a lawmaker from New Zealand's Parliament prior to this, meaning the three-week suspension of Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi sets a new record.

Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of New Zealand’s Maori Party, was removed from Parliament on Tuesday for wearing a traditional Maori pendant instead of the required necktie which he said was “a ...

The co-leader of New Zealand’s Māori Party has been removed from parliament for the second time this year, after performing a ceremonial dance during a debate about indigenous rights.

Rawiri Waititi broke the rules in the name of Māori culture. Now mandatory ties are a thing of the past in New Zealand’s Parliament.

Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of New Zealand's Maori Party, was removed from the country's parliament on Wednesday after performing a ceremonial haka dance during a debate about indigenous rights.

New Zealand lawmakers Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, top left, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, bottom left, and Rawiri Waititi, bottom right, watch as other legislators debate their proposed bans in ...

Rawiri Waititi, co-leader of the Maori Party, in Wellington, New Zealand, on Tuesday. He was ejected from Parliament because he wore a traditional Maori pendant instead of the required necktie.