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Tens of thousands gather in Wellington to protest a proposed law affecting Maori rights, emphasizing unity and support for the Treaty of Waitangi.

Protesters oppose bill which critics say undermines Indigenous Maori rights and threatens race relations

New Zealand's divisive treaty debate continues with a huge rally in Wellington of protesters against a government bill to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi.

As tens of thousands of marchers thronged the streets in New Zealand’s capital Wellington, the column of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest

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Tens of thousands of New Zealanders are expected to march against reforms to the Treaty of Waitangi in Wellington.

Tiny isopod is dubbed Pentaceration forkandbrewer in push to engage community with climate-threatened life in local waters

With the protest hikoi from the far north moving through Auckland on its way to Wellington, it might be said ACT leader David Seymour has been granted his wish of generating an “important national conversation about the place of the Treaty in our constitutional arrangements”.

Wellington Phoenix skipper Annalie Longo’s dog ‘Tiger’ makes cameo and runs rings around players from both sides

Annalie Longo's dog worked hard to lift Wellington Phoenix to an A-League Women victory but Canberra prevailed, while Adelaide defeated Western Sydney.

Campaign under way to identify subjects of images shot in 1970s and 1980s by Westra, one of New Zealand’s best-known social documentary photographers