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42,000 People Call on New Zealand to Respect Treaty of Waitangi in Historic Protest

HeadlineNov 19, 2024

In New Zealand, 42,000 people gathered in front of the Parliament building in Wellington earlier today after taking part in a historic march to oppose a bill that would roll back Indigenous Māori rights established in the Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document. This is one of the protesters.

Protester: “We just want to make sure that we’re not giving away what was taken away from us, you know, what’s left of what we have in our culture and in our people, you know?”

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