Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill more bark than bite?

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

A heated protest erupted in New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday as Maori lawmakers performed a haka to oppose a controversial bill aiming to redefine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.