The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ceremonial dance to protest a contentious bill.

New Zealand's parliament has voted to suspend three Māori MPs for their protest haka during a sitting last year, the BBC re

New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party,