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The Māori protest movement is a broad indigenous rights movement in New Zealand ().While there was a range of conflicts between Māori and European immigrants prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the signing provided one reason for protesting.
Both the New Zealand National Party and New Zealand First said they would not support the bill's passage into law. [20] Joel MacManus of The Spinoff estimated it was the largest protest Wellington had ever seen, and possibly the largest in New Zealand's history. [49] The BBC described it as "one of the biggest in the country's history". [41]
The bill sparked huge protests. Tens of thousands of New Zealanders gathered outside the parliament in one of the country’s largest demonstrations to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill on 19 ...
Indigenous Maori people protest outside New Zealand’s parliament against a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown in ...
Ngā Tamatoa initiated the annual protests at Waitangi on Waitangi Day, in 1973 after Prime Minister Norman Kirk changed the name of the day to 'New Zealand Day'. The group claimed that "the Treaty is a fraud" because of the ongoing breaches committed by the Government.
Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and ...
A hīkoi is a walk or march, and especially a protest march, in New Zealand. The word comes from the Māori language , and often implies a long journey taking many days or weeks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The most famous hīkoi was the 1975 Māori Land March , on which supporters and protestors travelled the length of the North Island , from Te Hāpua to ...
New Zealand political party Te Pati Maori on Monday asked Maori across the country to protest against the incoming government and its policies, with demonstrations planned across the country’s ...