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The Māori protest movement is a broad indigenous rights movement in New Zealand . While there was a range of conflicts between Māori and European immigrants prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the signing provided one reason for protesting.
Roughly 600 protesters on Tuesday marched to where New Zealand’s founding document was signed in the town of Waitangi, as official celebrations competed with protests against proposed government ...
Peaceful walking protests are a Māori tradition and have occurred before at crucial times during the national conversation about treaty rights. Police in the country of 5 million estimated that more than 40,000 people thronged Parliament's grounds on Tuesday after a march through the central city that shut down streets and drew thousands more ...
People watched on from the side of the road as the main convoy entered Hawke's Bay. A local store sold out of Māori flags. [36] Over 3,000 people marched in the streets of Hastings on a rainy 16 November. The march started in the city's Central Plaza, walked down Heretaunga Street, and ended in the city's Civic Square. [37]
Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations amid rising tensions over proposed legal changes
The Māori land march of 1975 was a protest led by the group Te Rōpū Matakite (Māori for 'Those with Foresight'), created by Dame Whina Cooper.The hīkoi (march) started in Northland on 14 September, travelled the length of the North Island, and arrived at the parliament building in Wellington on 13 October 1975.
A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori tribal representatives started doing a traditional Haka dance. Verdict ...
Te Pati Maori said in social media posts on Monday that the protests in cities and urban centres would take aim at plans to reinterpret New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.