This is the moment an unplanned haka halts New Zealand’s parliament after an MP’s maiden speech.
Parliament was suspended for a short period on Thursday (9 October), when people in the public gallery broke into a haka after the newest member of the Maori party finished her speech.
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 celebrate her arrival.
The public gallery then erupted into an unsanctioned haka and some members of parliament joined in.
