New Zealand, Māori

New Zealand’s founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
Thousands of people are marching the length of New Zealand in protest of a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
35,000 arrive at New Zealand parliament to protest against controversial Māori treaty bill – as it happened
Nine-day march across New Zealand culminates in Wellington as huge numbers gather to protest bill that opponents say seeks to dilute Māori rights.   00:31 Reportage from Eva Corlett earlier this year on the impact of proposed legislative changes on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Māori
Bill to rewrite Indigenous rights brings tens of thousands of protesters to New Zealand's parliament
By Lucy Craymer and Lewis Jackson WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of New Zealanders rallied before parliament on Tuesday in one of the country's largest ever protests to oppose a bill that opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of Maori and threatens to set race relations back decades.
New Zealand bill to reinterpret founding treaty sparks Maori rights protests
Signed in 1840, Treaty of Waitangi shapes New Zealand's governance, with its clauses guiding current laws and policies
Māori Protest In New Zealand: Tens of Thousands March Against Controversial Treaty Principles Bill
Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, the protest, started in the far north of the country nine days ago and made its way to the capital after traveling the entire of the North Island.
Thousands march against Maori treaty bill in New Zealand
Kingi, a key leader of the protests, spoke to the crowd, saying: "The Maori nation has been born today." He stressed a return to traditional Maori leadership values. Although the bill was introduced,
Why New Zealand’s Founding Treaty Is in Focus as Thousands Protest for Māori Rights
A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people has triggered political turmoil. Here's what to know.
Māori community protests proposed law which would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty
A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs has triggered political turmoil and a march by thousands of people the length of the country to Parliament to protest it.
Mass rally opposes proposed New Zealand treaty reform
A nine-day march to protest race relations laws in New Zealand ended Tuesday with a rally of more than 40,000 perople in the capital, Wellington. Introduced last week by New Zealand's center-right government,
Protesters march against bill they say will redefine New Zealand's treaty with Māori people
A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs has triggered political turmoil and a march by thousands of people the length of the country to Parliament to protest against it.
Protesters march against bill they say will redefine New Zealand's treaty with M?ori people
A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and M?ori chiefs has triggered political turmoil and a march by thousands of people the length of the country to Parliament to protest against it.
What now for the Treaty Principles Bill?
"Kill the bill" was the cry from the hīkoi as it stood before Parliament - and that's likely to happen with National and NZ ...
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Thousands March in New Zealand Against Treaty Principles Bill
Thousands of protesters in New Zealand are marching to Parliament in Wellington, opposing the contentious Treaty ...
Tens of thousands rally at New Zealand parliament against Bill to alter Maori rights
Nine-day march against legislation to reinterpret Treaty of Waitangi culminates in sees some 42,000 protest in Wellington ...
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New Zealand’s indigenous Maori people march against Treaty Principles Bill
Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march to New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, to protest a contentious bill that ...
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Historic Māori Rights March Draws 42,000 to New Zealand's Parliament
The bill, introduced by David Seymour, leader of the libertarian ACT Party, aims to codify the principles of the ... The ...
Treaty Principles Bill: The principles need to remain tied to the historical Treaty - Dr Samuel Carpenter
That Treaty predates the emergence of our parliamentary democracy and the even later emergence of full adult suffrage as ...
Hīkoi not representative of New Zealand, David Seymour says
Seymour came out of the Beehive today to acknowledge the hīkoi and wave at the protesters - but retreated inside after just a ...