Maori MPs called the King a “scab” in the New Zealand parliament today, just hours after it was revealed that he and Queen Camilla are planning to visit the country for the first time since the coronation.
As newly elected Maori MPs were sworn in during today’s sitting, some defied protocol that requires allegiance be declared to the British monarch and instead delivered oaths to Maori values, accompanied by rousing Maori war dances on the floor of parliament.
At least two MPs referred to the King as “Kīngi Harehare” which can mean “King scab”.
They included the leading Maori MP Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of the Maori Party, which had a record six MPs elected to the 122-seat parliament in October.
Waititi later claimed that the Maori word “Harehare” was also a term for “Charles”.
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