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Bill to rewrite Indigenous rights brings tens of thousands of protesters to New Zealand's parliament
By Lucy Craymer and Lewis Jackson WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of New Zealanders rallied before parliament on Tuesday in one of the country's largest ever protests to oppose a bill that opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of Maori and threatens to set race relations back decades.
Maori march against indigenous rights bill in one of New Zealand’s largest-ever protests
Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand’s capital against a bill to redefine Maori rights in one of the largest protests in the country’s history.
Wellington Unites: A March for Maori Rights and Identity
Thousands gathered in, New Zealand, in a protest that doubled as a celebration of Maori identity and language. The march opposed a controversial bill affecting the historic Treaty of Waitangi. Protesters of all backgrounds demonstrated solidarity in the face of attempts to reshape Indigenous rights.
Tens of thousands rally at New Zealand parliament against bill to alter Indigenous rights
By Lucy Craymer and Lewis Jackson WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of New Zealanders rallied in front of parliament on Tuesday in one of the country's largest ever protests to oppose a bill, which opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of Maori and threatens to set race relations back decades.
Tens of thousands crowd New Zealand’s Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights
As tens of thousands of marchers thronged the streets in New Zealand’s capital Wellington, the column of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest.
New Zealanders march for Māori rights
The protests have evolved into “a celebration of a resurging Indigenous language and identity that colonization had once almost destroyed,” the Associated Press wrote.
Diluting Indigenous Rights? Thousands Rally At New Zealand Parliament Opposing Bill | N18G
A nine-day march by Maori and their supporters culminated in a massive protest in Wellington on November 19, 2024, against the Treaty Principles Bill. The bill seeks to reinterpret the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi,
New Zealand’s founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
Thousands of people are marching the length of New Zealand in protest of a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
Tens of thousands march in New Zealand Maori rights protest
Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine the nation's founding treaty. Protests have been swelling throughout New Zealand after a minor party in the conservative coalition government drafted a bill to redefine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
Tens of thousands march on New Zealand's parliament in support of Maori rights
Tens of thousands of people marched on New Zealand's parliament to oppose a bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty signed between the British and Indigenous Maori.
Thousands flock to NZ capital in huge Māori protests
The Treaty Principles bill argues that New Zealand should reinterpret and legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, a document seen as fundamental to the country’s race relations.
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