Thousands protesting New Zealand's Indigenous bill set to march to parliament

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Thousands protesting New Zealand's Indigenous bill set to march to parliament  A nine-day march by Maori and their supporters across New Zealand has culminated in Wellington on Tuesday, November 19, at a rally with thousands readying to protest against a bill that opponents say seek to dilute the rights of the Maori.  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.   TVNZ / REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #māori  #newzealand

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00:30Yeah, we just want to make sure that we're not giving away what was taken away from us,

00:50you know, what's left of what we have in our culture and in our people, you know.

01:08Māori have been here for a long time and I guess a lot of the actions coming out of

01:13Parliament lately haven't been sufficed for Māori, I guess, and yeah, part of today is

01:18reminding the relationship between Māori and Crown, founding documents and tangata

01:22whenua tātou.

01:23So that's the main thing for us is reminding those things so when the decisions are made

01:27we're considered heavily.

01:33Like for me, it's what's the point?

01:54We've already got Te Tiriti o Waitangi in place, like why are we doing this?

01:59Why are we bringing a bill in when there is already a foundational document in there?

02:03Why are we bringing a bill in when there is already a foundational document in there?

02:08Why are we bringing a bill in when there is already a foundational document in there?

02:33Why are we bringing a bill in when there is already a foundational document in there?

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