Māori, New Zealand

What’s behind New Zealand’s Māori protests, the country’s largest in recent years?
Thousands of people have been demonstrating against a proposed law that seeks to reinterpret the country’s founding document signed between British colonisers and Māori chiefs 180 years ago. On Tuesday,
New Zealand's founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
Police say tens of thousands of people have arrived at New Zealand’s Parliament in protest of a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the Briti
Thousands of Māori bill protesters reach New Zealand parliament
Protesters have converged in the New Zealand's capital in protest of a bill which would reinterpret a 184-year treaty with the Māori people.
New Zealand: Maori bill triggers massive protests, thousands march to parliament
An estimated 15,000 demonstrators poured into Wellington from all corners of the country, shutting down busy streets on the final stages of their ‘hikoi’ protest march towards parliament
Tens of thousands 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
Bill to rewrite Indigenous rights brings tens of thousands of protesters to New Zealand's parliament
By Lucy Craymer and Lewis Jackson WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of New Zealanders rallied before parliament on Tuesday in one of the country's largest ever protests to oppose a bill that opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of Maori and threatens to set race relations back decades.
NZ Maori Protest March Reaches Wellington for Rally Against Indigenous Bill
A nine-day march by Maori and their supporters across New Zealand will culminate in Wellington on Tuesday at a rally where thousands are expected to protest a bill that opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of the Maori.
Maori warriors lead tens of thousands in New Zealand protest
Tens of thousands of protesters including Maori warriors in traditional dress marched on New Zealand’s parliament Tuesday in opposition to a draft law that they say would erode the rights
42,000 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. They arrived Tuesday to opposed a law that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
FACT CHECK: Was A Vote In New Zealand Parliament Stopped By Maori Haka Dancing?
A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori ...
NZ stocks post second consecutive rise - Market close
A more confident New Zealand sharemarket reached its highest level in a month, posting its second successive gain of around 0 ...