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New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka

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 Principles Bill on Friday, greeted by hundreds waving the Maori flag as they headed south to the capital, Wellington, some 450km (280 miles) away.

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New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

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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.

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Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka in New Zealand Parliament

Maori lawmakers vehemently oppose the bill, viewing it as a direct threat to the hard-won rights of their community. By ...

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Fiery Debate Erupts Over Treaty of Waitangi Reinterpretation Bill

New Zealand's parliament engages in a heated debate over a controversial bill attempting to reinterpret the Treaty of ...

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New Zealand's indigenous Maori people march against Treaty Principles Bill

The work on this Bill is being led by the Ministry of Justice. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and was an agreement between the British Crown and a large number of Maori chiefs. Today ...

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New Zealand MPs protest Indigenous treaty bill with haka

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