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New Zealand Parliament Suspended

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

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.

BBC on MSN · 4d

Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty

The country is often considered a leader in indigenous rights, but opponents of the bill ... say this has resulted in the country being divided by race, and the bill will allow the treaty to be interpreted more fairly through parliament, rather than ...

The New York Times · 2d

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.

New Zealand's founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?

Detractors say the bill threatens constitutional upheaval and would remove rights promised in the treaty that are now ...

U.S. News & World Report4d

New Zealand MPs Disrupt Parliament With Haka to Protest Indigenous Treaty Bill

New Zealand MPs Disrupt Parliament With Haka to Protest Indigenous Treaty Bill By Renju Jose and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY ...

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Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, ACT both claim victory over response to haka in Parliament

A video of MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performing 'Ka Mate' has now been viewed around 700 million times, a news media boss ...

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Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...

Al Jazeera on MSN3d

Thousands march on New Zealand capital against Indigenous treaty overhaul

New Zealand police reported that about 10,000 people marched through the town of Rotorua in protest against the Treaty ...

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"Do not negate 184 years of debate": Bill rolling back Māori rights in New Zealand faces backlash

Protests erupted inside and outside of New Zealand’s parliament this week as the country’s far-right ACT New Zealand Party ...

What Is Treaty of Waitangi? 184-Year-Old Document Granting Land Rights To Maori Tribes

The Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document, takes its name from the Bay of Islands location.

How The World Reacted To The Treaty Principles Bill Debate

Australia’s ABC News called it a ” landmark vote” on the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday. International news agency ...

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