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By Charlotte Graham-Mclay WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) \u2014 Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori, the M\u0101ori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by performing a haka, a chanting dance of challenge, directed at their opponents. A committee of their peers recommended the penalties, understood to be the harshest ever assigned to New Zealand parliamentarians, in findings that said the trio\u2019s actions could have intimidated other legislators and were in contempt of Parliament. Their temporary suspensions are expected to be affirmed by vote during a sitting of all lawmakers on Thursday. The decision means that Hana-R\u0101whiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is currently New Zealand\u2019s youngest lawmaker, will be suspended from Parliament for seven days…. <\/p>\n

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By Charlotte Graham-Mclay WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) \u2014 Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori, the M\u0101ori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe censure, it was announced Wednesday, over their protest of a proposed law by performing a haka, a chanting dance of challenge, directed at their opponents. A committee of their peers recommended the penalties, understood to be the harshest ever assigned to New Zealand parliamentarians, in findings that said the trio\u2019s actions could have intimidated other legislators and were in contempt of Parliament. Their temporary suspensions are expected to be affirmed by vote during a sitting of all lawmakers on Thursday. The decision means that Hana-R\u0101whiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is currently New Zealand\u2019s youngest lawmaker, will be suspended from Parliament for seven days.... <\/p>\n

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