treaty principles bill new zealand

New Zealand, Māori

Why New Zealand’s Founding Treaty Is in Focus as Thousands Protest for Māori Rights

A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people has triggered political turmoil. Here's what to know.

Reuters on MSN · 19h

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.

The Guardian on MSN · 23h

35,000 arrive at New Zealand parliament to protest against controversial Māori treaty bill – as it happened

Nine-day march across New Zealand culminates in Wellington as huge numbers gather to protest bill that opponents say seeks to dilute Māori rights. 00:31 Reportage from Eva Corlett earlier this year on the impact of proposed legislative changes on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Māori

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Hīkoi to Parliament: Christopher Luxon declares New Zealand ‘not at risk of civil war’ amid opposition to Treaty Principles Bill

New Zealand is not at risk of a civil war, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon declared as his Government continued to deal with ...

The Diplomat3d

The Treaty Principles Bill Is Already Straining Social Cohesion in New Zealand

That bill failed, but the essential argument behind it was that entrenching Treaty principles in law was “undermining race relations in New Zealand.” However, ACT’s current bill does not ...

Libcom23h

Aotearoa/New Zealand: Treaty Principles Hikoi

Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM), an Anarcho-Communist organisation in Aotearoa/New Zealand, participated in a hikoi ... It made recognition of their Treaty Principles Bill a ...

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 ...

Jurist4d

New Zealand dispatch: thousands join hīkoi in Auckland to oppose controversial Treaty Principles Bill

Thousands of marchers descended upon New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland on Wednesday as part of the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti ...

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Mass rally opposes proposed New Zealand treaty reform

A nine-day march to protest race relations laws in New Zealand ended Tuesday with a rally of more than 40,000 perople in the ...

Al Jazeera English23h

Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill?

The Treaty Principles Bill was introduced by Member of Parliament David Seymour of the libertarian ACT Party, a minor ...

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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 ...

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