New Zealand Protests LIVE: Thousands Protest New Zealand's Indigenous Bill in Front of Parliament

New Zealand Protests LIVE: Thousands Protest New Zealand's Indigenous Bill in Front of Parliament

Thousands gather at New Zealand's parliament to protest a bill they say undermines Maori rights. The bill reinterprets the clauses in the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi. First signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 indigenous Maori chiefs, it lays down how the two parties agreed to govern. The interpretation of clauses in the document still guides legislation and policy today. Maori make up around 20% of the population of 5.3 million and are over-represented in many measures of social and financial disadvantage.

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