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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 ...
The campaign was also intended to counter a leaked Justice Ministry document which claimed that the proposed bill clashed with the text of the Treaty of Waitangi, [15] a 1840 treaty between the Crown and over 500 Māori chiefs which created the New Zealand nation state. [16] Opponents of the bill claim it would remove established rights from ...
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.
Protesters oppose bill which critics say undermines Indigenous Maori rights and ... during a protest against a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
In November 2024, a hīkoi opposing the Treaty Principles Bill occurred. An estimated 42,000 people took part in the hīkoi, taking nine days to reach the parliament grounds of Wellington, with some groups beginning in the Far North and Bluff. [7] The Māori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō joined the protests in Wellington. [8]