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.
But it has been decades since race relations were so fractious in New Zealand, a country known for its relative harmony. It ...
A recent protest in New Zealand's Parliament in which lawmakers broke into a Haka—a traditional Maori dance—has attracted ...
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Mass protests against New Zealand’s effort to weaken Māori rights — and hurt the planetMass protests were held in New Zealand this week over an effort to weaken the rights of the Maori, who often serve as ...
Mere Takoko, the co-founder of Pacific Whale Fund, said it was ‘vitally important’ for both British and Maori peoples to ...
ACT party leader David Seymour, who is himself of Maori descent, has denied accusations of undermining social cohesion by pushing for an overhaul of the treaty, insisting in a statement to the ...
Two small populist parties are responsible for accelerating the shift, which has been felt acutely by the Indigenous Māori.
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