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Associated Press on MSN · 1h

42,000 crowd New Zealand’s Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights

As tens of thousands of marchers thronged the streets in New Zealand’s capital Wellington, the column of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest.

Massive crowds march on New Zealand parliament protesting Māori bill. Here’s what to know

Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and dilutes the rights of Māori people.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Tens of thousands rally at New Zealand parliament against bill to alter Indigenous rights

By Lucy Craymer and Lewis Jackson WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of New Zealanders rallied in front of parliament on Tuesday in one of the country's largest ever protests to oppose a bill, which opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of Maori and threatens to set race relations back decades.

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New Zealand Veers Sharply Right, Leaving Jacinda Ardern’s Era Behind

Two small populist parties are responsible for accelerating the shift, which has been felt acutely by the Indigenous Māori.

Watch: New Zealand's Māori protests explained

More than 35,000 people in New Zealand have joined a hīkoi, or peaceful protest, over a bill seeking to a reinterpret a ...

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