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New Zealand Parliament Suspended

New Zealand Maori begin march on capital to protest Indigenous treaty bill

(Reuters) -Hundreds of people on Monday set out on a nine-day march to New Zealand's capital of Wellington in protest over legislation that would reinterpret a treaty at the heart of race relations in the Pacific country.

The New York Times · 19h

New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill

Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

Reuters · 1d

Maori protesters march on New Zealand capital over contentious bill

Thousands of people joined a march towards New Zealand's national capital on Friday after a contentious bill that would reinterpret the country's 184-year-old founding document passed its first hurdle in parliament.

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Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate

Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and ...

The Straits Times4d

New Zealand Maori begin march on capital to protest against indigenous treaty Bill

While the march, or hikoi, was sparked by the Bill currently before Parliament, organisers hope it will ignite a broader conversation about New Zealand’s relationship to Maori, he said.

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