Who is Hana Rawhiti? Meet New Zealand's youngest MP whose Haka dance in parliament went viral

A 'floor shaking' Haka that briefly suspended New Zealand Parliament has gone viral following a stirring performance of the dance by the country's youngest MP. After giving a speech in September 2022 on the steps of the New Zealand Parliament during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - a government-led initiative to promote the use of the Māori language across New Zealand - several political parties approached Maipi-Clarke in the hope that she would join them. The organisation awarded her the award because 'her involvement in the political realm allowed young Māori and the younger generation to have a voice within New Zealand's democracy.' Te Pati Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke reacts in the chamber during the Swearing-in ceremony at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand in December 2023 - after thousands of protesters rallied against the New Zealand government's Indigenous policies Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, right, and her colleagues from Te Haiti Maori, talk to reporters following the protest inside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Thursday Hikoi members gather to walk across the Auckland Harbour Bridge on day three of a nine-day journey to Wellington on Wednesday in Auckland Hikoi members walk up Bastion Point towards Ngati Whatua Orakei marae on day three of a nine-day journey to Wellington on Wednesday holding flags reading: 'Proud to be Maori' A protestor is seen holding the tino rangatiratanga flag - which is often referred to as the national Māori flag Protesters gathered outside New Zealand's parliament buildings in May to protest policies seen as discriminatory to Indigenous Maori in Wellington In the wake of her protest - which came in the form of the Ka Mate haka - Hana was suspended from the New Zealand House of Parliament for a day.