Māori First, King Second: Indigenous MPs Break From Tradition During Swearing In

The six members of the 54th New Zealand Parliament who belong to Te Paati Māori (The Māori Party) have broken with tradition at the swearing-in of new MPs. The parliamentarians changed the oaths they delivered during the swearing-in ceremony, offering allegiance to their people first, and then to the Crown. Several wore traditional costumes, and some sang waiata (songs), or issued traditional challenges. They all later approached the clerk of the House and swore allegiance to King Charles III, but the two caused further debate by referring to the monarch not as “Kingi Tiare,” the official reference to the king if spoken in Māori, but as “Kingi Harehare.”...