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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 ...

A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march – a tradition of the Maori – was ...

Tens of thousands have rallied outside New Zealand’s Parliament to protest against a bill that critics say would hurt the rights of Maori people. An estimated 42,000 people demonstrated on ...

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 ...

An estimated 42,000 people attended the march - 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 ...

As they made their way south towards the capital, Wellington, they were greeted by hundreds of supporters waving the Maori flag, the New Zealand police said. The march - or hikoi in the Maori ...

Critics view the bill, introduced by the ACT Party, as an attempt to dismantle government support for the Maori population. Thousands of protesters marched through New Zealand's capital Wellington ...

Members of New Zealand's parliament ... day and the latest entertainment news. Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter Notably, no members of the Maori community were consulted for the ...

More than 35 000 people joined a protest in Wellington, one of New Zealand's biggest for some time. They were opposing a draft law to alter the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitang. Many see it as an ...

Children marched alongside adults bearing distinctive full-face Maori "moko" tattoos and clutching ceremonial wooden weapons. Protests have been swelling throughout New Zealand after a minor party ...