Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches Parliament
Interviewed earlier before Question Time, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it was up to Parliament’s justice committee to decide whether the select committee process on the Treaty Principles Bill should be shortened. The select committee will receive public submissions until January 7, and intends to complete hearings by the end of February.
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.
35,000 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
Tens of Thousands Rally at New Zealand’s Parliament in Support of Māori Rights
The demonstrators oppose a law that would reshape the country's founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
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35,000 arrive at New Zealand parliament to protest against controversial Māori treaty bill – as it happened
This live coverage of the hīkoi protesting a controversial bill that could drastically alter the way the country’s founding treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted is ending now, thanks for following along.
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.
Hīkoi To Parliament: The Families Taking Part And Why
The two toddlers' great-grandmother Soraya Poroaki Wallace (Matangi) of Te Ātiawa, missed the Porirua hīkoi coming through - ...
Hīkoi to Parliament: Tens of thousands descend on Wellington in historic day of mass protest
Police are urging more than 40,000 protesters who attended today’s historic march on Parliament to “travel safe” as they ...
'What's good for Māori is good for everyone' - hīkoi ends with peaceful protest
The capital turned into a sea of black, white and red today, as more than 42,000 people supporting te Hīkoi mō te tiriti ...
Hīkoi Not Representative Of New Zealand, David Seymour Says
Associate justice minister and architect of the Treaty Principles Bill David Seymour came out of the Beehive on Tuesday to ...
At The Hīkoi To Parliament, Self-Expression Through Dress Was Also A Form Of Protest
A royal scarf, slogan T-shirts and statements of self-determination play a pivotal role in enhancing the message during Hīkoi ...
Barry Soper: Peaceful display at today's hīkoi
Authorities are urging Hīkoi mō te Tiriti attendees to travel safely as their journey home begins. It's estimated at least 42 ...
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Live: 42,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi reaches Parliament
By mid-afternoon today 42,000 people gathered at the Parliamentary precinct and the surrounding streets, police say.
Who is Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and why have thousands made a New Zealand hīkoi?
Opposition to a contentious bill caused tens of thousands of protesters to gather outside New Zealand parliament on Tuesday.