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.
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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,
42,000 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
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.
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.
Thousands flood New Zealand’s Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights
The protests come in retaliation to a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown. | ITV National News
Thousands gather to protest New Zealand’s indigenous rights bill, march to parliament
Police estimated that over 15,000 people were marching towards parliament, with 2,000 already gathered at the parliamentary precinct.
More than 35,000 New Zealanders rally at parliament in support of Maori rights
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders gathered outside the parliament in one of the country’s largest demonstrations to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill, which critics say undermines Maori rights and threatens race relations.
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Thousands March To New Zealand's Parliament In Maori Rights Protest
Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as thousands rallied against a conservative proposal accused of stoking racial divisions.
42,000 march on New Zealand's parliament in support of Maori rights
Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand's parliament in a protest in support of Maori rights. The huge crowds took to the streets of Wellington in opposition to a law that could reshape the country's founding treaty between the indigenous Maori people and the British crown.
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