42,000 New Zealanders march in protest against Māori treaty bill

[Virgos Groove]

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A protest march estimated to be one of the largest in New Zealand history arrived at parliament on Tuesday, flooding the grounds with song in a display of unity against a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty between Māori and the crown.

 

Police said around 42,000 people took part in the march, in what was likely New Zealand's largest-ever protest in support of Māori rights.

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If passed into law, the treaty principles bill would radically alter the way the Treaty of Waitangi is interpreted. The treaty is an agreement signed in 1840 between more than 500 Māori chiefs and the crown and is instrumental in upholding Māori rights.

 

The bill is a flagship policy of the minor libertarian Act party – which forms part of the coalition government – and seeks to get rid of the well-established principles in favour of its own, redefined principles.

The Guardian

 

[Illuminati]

18 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

largest-ever protest in support of Māori rights

 

Came here expecting the same **** we see around the world but this is surprisingly positive

[EVOL]

Sending lots of aroha to the whānau!

 

This proposed reinterpretation of te teriti is truly based on racism.

[Odette Violet]

end those colonizers 

[commander]

As they should 

[Cain]

I was living there when this government got elected and they first proposed this bill, I had hoped it would never even make it this far

 

Sad to see that we're here now