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New Zealand's parliament has handed record suspensions to three Māori MPs after they performed a haka last year.

The MPs were protesting a bill that would of have reinterpreted the Treaty of Waitangi between British and Māori.

Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banned from parliament for 21 days.

NZ's youngest MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended for seven days.

The Treaty of Waitangi still guides policy and legislation in New Zealand. 

The relationship between US President Donald Trump and former aide Elon Musk has plunged to a new low.

Hours after Mr Trump lamented his break-up with Mr Musk at a press conference, the president took to his social media platform, threatening to cut off government contracts with Mr Musk's companies.

He also said that he "asked" Mr Musk to leave because he was "wearing thin".

West Australian senator Dorinda Cox has defected from the Greens to join Labor in the federal Senate.

A Yamatji-Noongar woman, Senator Cox was the only Indigenous member of the Greens' federal parliamentary team.

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called for her former colleague to quit parliament, saying it would be the "honourable" move.

Erin Patterson is on trial accused of deliberately poisoning four people at a lunch at her home in 2023.  

She allegedly foraged for death cap mushrooms before serving a beef Wellington meal to her relatives.   

The Supreme Court trial for three murder charges and an attempted murder charge is expected to run for several weeks.  

The Coalition is back together after an extraordinary week-long split.      

The parties have found agreement on four policy demands by the Nationals, including a nuclear power commitment.

The split led to days of infighting and jostling between the parties.