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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.
Fact Check: Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. [50] The BBC described it as "one of the biggest in the country's history". [42]
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.
Protesters delayed traffic in New Zealand's largest city Auckland on Thursday, a transport agency said, following calls by activist groups and opposition party Te Pati Maori to take to the streets ...
Hōne Heke's protests [2] 1 Russell: Protest against the British Crown by repeatedly chopping down flag pole. Eventually leading to the New Zealand Wars. 1845–1872 The New Zealand Wars: North Island A series of conflicts between the British crown, its allies and various Maori tribes. 1881 5 November (invasion of government troops)