New Zealand, Indigenous treaty

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.
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.
New Zealand's indigenous Maori people march against Treaty Principles Bill
Approximately 10,000 protesters marched through Rotorua, New Zealand, voicing their opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill. As they made their way south towards the capital, Wellington, they were greeted by hundreds of supporters waving the Maori flag, the New Zealand police said.
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.
Watch: Maori MP rips Treaty Bill, performs haka in NZ Parliament protest
Clarke's powerful haka protest shook the New Zealand Parliament, sparking an intense debate over the divisive Treaty Principles Bill and issues of Maori sovereignty
Maori Protesters March on New Zealand Capital Over Contentious Bill
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Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate
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March for the Treaty of Waitangi protest: Convoys start in Northland tomorrow, police plan to spring into action
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Youngest New Zealand MP, other Māori leaders perform war dance in Parliament over controversial bill; Here's video
Thousands marched in New Zealand on Friday, protesting a controversial bill that seeks to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi.