New Zealand: 42,000 demonstrate support for Maori rights

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 (8 hours ago)
Tens of thousands of people in New Zealand took to the streets to protest against a bill that would change the county's founding treaty between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown. The bill is unlikely to become law.

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