New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

This moment, which quickly spread across social media, took place during the debate on the Treaty Principles Bill.

Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke made a powerful stand, tearing up the Treaty Bill and performing the haka in Parliament.