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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.
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 ...
A Maori reacts outside New Zealand’s parliament to protest against a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown in ...
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 ...
Protest against the amendment to the Contraception-Sterilisation and Abortion Bill Logo of Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand: 1981 Springbok tour: Nationwide 1985 Coalition of Concerned Citizens [30] [31] 800,000 signatures (claimed) Opposition to the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986: 2003 February Anti Iraq War [32] 10,000 Auckland ...
Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which has been fundamental to race relations in New Zealand.
The Waitangi Sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand, with a further 500 signatures added later that year, including some from the South Island.