New Zealand is up in arms over Maori rights bill
A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would ...
Maori march against indigenous rights bill in one of New Zealand’s largest-ever protests
Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand’s capital against a bill to redefine Maori rights in one of the ...
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Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill?
They are represented by Te Pati Maori, or the Maori Party, which currently holds six of the 123 seats in Parliament. On February 6, 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi, also called Te Tiriti o Waitangi ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Maori MPs shut down New Zealand parliament with haka protest
New Zealand’s parliament was brought to a halt on Thursday as Maori MPs staged a haka protest on the floor over a controversial “equal rights” bill. Maori Party co-leader Hana-Rawhiti Maipi ...
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More than 40,000 protest New Zealand Maori rights bill
Parliamentarians first voted on the bill on Thursday, during which legislator Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke from the Te Pati Maori party ripped up a copy of the bill and led her colleagues in a ...