“…discussion around the treaty is now the dominant political issue in New Zealand and when organiser Rueben Taipari put out the call for the hikoi to Waitangi to be in honour of upholding it, hundreds of people responded.
“How dare they think that they can erase Māori from Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi),” he said.”
"There's quite a movement among Māori all around the country. They've been gathering in their thousands and will come to Waitangi in huge numbers to confront the prime minister and the government."
Ben Harris-Roxas
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