Since taking office last year, New ... of people nationwide, culminating in Wellington, where demonstrators, including many in traditional Maori attire, chanted “kill the bill”. New Zealand ...

the leader of the right-wing ACT New Zealand Party. Seymour "says that misinterpretations of the treaty's meaning have effectively given Maori people special treatment. The bill calls for an end ...

Maori people speak te reo Maori and have different tribes, or iwi, spread throughout the country. The two islands were originally called Aotearoa by the Maori. The name New Zealand was given to ...

New Zealand has seen one of the biggest demonstrations in its history after thousands of Maori protesters took to the street in opposition to a proposed bill. The streets of Wellington, New ...

An estimated 42,000 people attended the march Credit: SANKA VIDANAGAMA/AFP Ngira Simmonds, a key advisor to New Zealand’s Maori Queen, told news agency AFP: “It’s not the best way to have a ...

Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand's parliament in a protest in support of Maori rights. The huge crowds took to the streets of Wellington in opposition to a law that could ...

New Zealand's indigenous Maori people have expressed their opposition to a parliamentary bill that could alter their fate. The longstanding conflict between the Maori, who had controlled their ...

BARE-CHESTED MAORI warriors led 42,000 protesters to New Zealand’s parliament on November ... The protest was one of the largest in support of Maori people. The bill, declared Jenny Shipley ...

Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand’s capital against a bill to redefine Maori rights in one of the largest protests in the country’s history. Haka chants rang out across the ...

New Zealand has seen one of the biggest demonstrations in its history after thousands of Maori protesters took to the street in opposition to a proposed bill. The streets of Wellington, New ...