New Zealand MP performs haka in powerful maiden speech, resurfaced video shows

New Zealand MP performs haka in powerful maiden speech, resurfaced video shows
New Zealand MP performs haka in powerful maiden speech, resurfaced video shows

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A New Zealand MP made a powerful speech in Maori language for her first appearance in parliament, resurfaced video shows.

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, 21, first spoke in parliament on 12 December, performing a traditional haka.

She is the youngest MP to be elected to New Zealand’s parliament in 170 years, after James Stuart-Wortley, who was elected in 1853 aged 20 years and 7 months.

Maipi-Clarke was emotional in the chamber as she said: “We have arrived. We are here. We are sailing. We are navigating, just like our ancestors once did, in the biggest ocean in the world.”

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