treaty principles bill new zealand

New Zealand, Māori

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.

The Associated Press on MSN · 19h

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.

The Guardian on MSN · 13h

35,000 arrive at New Zealand parliament to protest against controversial Māori treaty bill – as it happened

Nine-day march across New Zealand culminates in Wellington as huge numbers gather to protest bill that opponents say seeks to dilute Māori rights. 00:58 David Seymour, whose minor libertarian Act party introduced the bill that the hīkoi is protesting,

Deccan Chronicle6h

Thousands March in New Zealand Against Treaty Principles Bill

Thousands of protesters in New Zealand are marching to Parliament in Wellington, opposing the contentious Treaty ...

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Hīkoi to Parliament: Christopher Luxon declares New Zealand ‘not at risk of civil war’ amid opposition to Treaty Principles Bill

New Zealand is not at risk of a civil war, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon declared as his Government continued to deal with ...

The Diplomat3d

The Treaty Principles Bill Is Already Straining Social Cohesion in New Zealand

That bill failed, but the essential argument behind it was that entrenching Treaty principles in law was “undermining race relations in New Zealand.” However, ACT’s current bill does not ...

Mass rally opposes proposed New Zealand treaty reform

A nine-day march to protest race relations laws in New Zealand ended Tuesday with a rally of more than 40,000 perople in the ...

Hīkoi Not Representative Of New Zealand, David Seymour Says

Associate justice minister and architect of the Treaty Principles Bill David Seymour came out of the Beehive on Tuesday to ...

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Treaty Principles Bill: The principles need to remain tied to the historical Treaty - Dr Samuel Carpenter

That Treaty predates the emergence of our parliamentary democracy and the even later emergence of full adult suffrage as ...

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