The New Zealand Parliament was suspended on November 14 after Maori members disrupted a vote on a bill revisiting the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi. Critics of the bill argue the legislation undermines Maori rights, a concern for the Indigenous group, which comprises 20% of New Zealand’s population of 5.3 million. Signed in 1840 between the British Crown and over 500 Maori chiefs, the treaty’s interpretation continues to influence NZ’s laws and policies.