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  • The Capacity of Dance across Oceania: Expressive Movements for Social Action

    by Brian Diettrich In November 2024 New Zealand representative Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke rose in parliament to haka (perform a posture dance) in protest to the contentious Treaty Principles Bill being pushed forward by the country’s conservative coalition government. Joined by members of Te Pāti Māori (The Māori Party) and others, and with expressive and defiant gestures, she chanted the…