New Zealand’s Largest March: Maori and Non-Indigenous Citizens Protest Treaty Changes

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Protesters from New Zealand’s native Maori community and non-indigenous New Zealanders marched together in a historic and potentially largest demonstration in the country. They marched for nine days, ending the peaceful protest in Wellington, the nation’s capital, in front of the Parliament. The protest centered around a proposed bill to change the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document.

Historic March in New Zealand

Ali Rogin:

In a historic protest that took nine days, New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community, together with other New Zealanders, marched in the dark and rain, carrying ancestral portraits and their emblem of self-determination.

This demonstration is considered the largest in the country’s history, climaxing in the capital city, Wellington, outside the Parliament last month. The march’s focus was a proposed bill changing the Treaty of Waitangi, or Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document.

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