Massive crowds march on New Zealand parliament protesting Māori bill …
3 hours ago · The traditional peaceful Māori walk, or hīkoi, culminated outside parliament on Tuesday, where protesters implored lawmakers to reject the controversial Treaty Principles Bill that seeks to ...
New Zealand's founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are …
1 day ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs has triggered political turmoil and a march by thousands of people the length of the country to Parliament to protest it. The bill is never expected to become law.
Thousands protest in New Zealand over Māori bill - BBC
An estimated 35,000 people are protesting in New Zealand's capital against a bill that they say will redefine the country's founding treaty with the Māori people, police say Most demonstrators ...
42,000 crowd New Zealand's Parliament grounds in support of Māori …
6 hours ago · New Zealand’s opposition leader Chris Hipkins, left, does a hongi with Hare Arapere as people gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)
With New Zealand's founding treaty at a flashpoint, thousands …
10 hours ago · A proposed bill that won't become law has become a flashpoint on race relations at a critical moment in the fraught 180-year-old conversation about how New Zealand should honour the promises made ...
What is the Treaty of Waitangi and why is it sparking huge Māori ...
6 days ago · The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs. It paved the way for British annexation of New Zealand while requiring the Crown to protect ...
Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament
4 days ago · For decades after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, differences between the English and Māori texts and breaches by New Zealand governments intensified the disenfranchisement of Māori. CORRECTING SPELLING OF THE BILL- ACT Party leader David Seymour stands during the first debate on the Treaty Principles Bill …
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill …
4 days ago · The Treaty Principles Bill proposes reinterpreting the Treaty of Waitangi, an 1840 agreement guaranteeing the Māori certain land and cultural rights in exchange for allowing the British to govern.
Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret …
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.
New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers …
4 days ago · The Treaty of Waitangi, signed by Māori chiefs and the British Crown in 1840, is considered New Zealand’s founding document. It forms the basis of the laws and policies aimed at redressing ...