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- Thousands protesting New Zealand’s Indigenous bill set to march to parliament
Thousands protesting New Zealand’s Indigenous bill set to march to parliament
11/19/2024
A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs has triggered political turmoil and prompted more than 35,000 people to show up in protest at the country's Parliament on Tuesday (November 19, 2024).
The bill is never expected to become law. But it has become a flashpoint on race relations and a critical moment in the fraught 180-year-old conversation about how New Zealand should honor its promises to Indigenous people when the country was colonized -– and what those promises are.
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