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This is the moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with a haka to protest against a treaty bill. New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday (14 November), after Maori ...
Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, argued that the hīkoi was pointless as, regardless of its impact, the bill was always going to be "dead on arrival", [46] calling the hīkoi a "Maori Party astroturf". [17] [51] His view is that there is no Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and in 2004, his bill removing treaty principles was voted ...
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 ...
Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill ... Treaty Principles Bill that seeks to reinterpret the 184-year-old treaty between ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 November 2024. Protests against the COVID-19 mandates, lockdowns and restrictions in New Zealand See also: COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand COVID-19 protests in New Zealand Part of protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic Date 13 August 2020 – present Location New Zealand Caused by ...
A post on X claims that the Treaty Principles Bill, which was the subject of the protest, was tabled after the haka dance was started. The post implies that the Maori party had successfully ...
In 1975, protests from indigenous peoples about unresolved Treaty of Waitangi grievances had been increasing for some time, and the Tribunal was set up to provide a legal process for the investigation of those grievances. [1] Matiu Rata, a Minister of Māori Affairs in the early 1970s, took a leading role in the Tribunal's creation. [2]
The Treaty of Waitangi, which is the focus of the proposed bill, dates back to 1840 and is considered New Zealand's founding document. The agreement was signed by Māori chiefs and the British ...