KILL THE BILL
An estimated 55,000 people marched outside New Zealand's Parliament to protest The Treaty Principles Bill, targeting the Treaty of Waitangi, or Te Tiriti o Waitangi, that would dilute Indigenous rights by reinterpreting a treaty signed in 1840 by the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs... The peaceful demonstration was the culmination of a nine-day march, or hīkoi , that began at Cape Reinga, the northernmost point of New Zealand and the most spiritually significant place in the country for Māori, who are about 20% of the 5.3 million-person population. Hundreds carried the Māori national flag. Maori members staged a traditional dance called a haka into the Parliament to disrupt the first reading of the treaty. Member of Parliament Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke , who at 22 is the country's youngest MP, started the haka then tore up a copy of the bill . Other participants included the Māori Queen , Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō , and Te Pāti Māori Co...