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Booming indigenous Maori “haka” chants rang out across New Zealand’s capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine the nation’s founding treaty. More than 35,000 demonstrators poured into the harbourside city of Wellington, police said, shutting down busy streets as their spirited procession inched its way towards parliament. Bare-chested […]
Police say 35,000 people are outside parliament Police estimate there are 35,000 protestors gathered outside parliament. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi, addressed the crowd: Kia ora, my sovereign peoples. Aotearoa is our kingdom. We must protect it. We’ve got a message for this Government. Kill the bill. Kill the bill. We are inspiring indigenous […]
With the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (March for the Treaty) from the far north moving through Auckland on its way to Wellington, it might be said ACT leader David Seymour has been granted his wish of generating an “important national conversation about the place of the Treaty [of Waitangi] in our constitutional arrangements.” Timed to […]
Maori lawmakers staged a dramatic protest in New Zealand‘s parliament on Thursday over a controversial bill that seeks to redefine the country’s founding agreement between the indigenous Maori people and the British Crown. A vote was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected after the lawmakers performed a haka ceremonial dance in the parliament. The people in the gallery […]
New Zealand’s parliament has erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way New Zealand’s treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted. The treaty principles bill was tabled by the libertarian Act party – a minor partner in New Zealand’s coalition government – […]
Il primo ministro neozelandese Christopher Luxon ha chiesto perdono a centinaia di migliaia di persone vittime di violenze mentre erano affidate a istituti pubblici e religiosi, riconoscendo le “sofferenze inimmaginabili” subite. Secondo un’inchiesta pubblica durata sei anni, i cui risultati sono stati resi pubblici a luglio, circa duecentomila adulti vulnerabili e bambini hanno subìto violenze […]