Tens of Thousands Rally at New Zealand’s Parliament in Support of Māori Rights

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By Charlotte Graham-McLay / AP November 19, 2024 5:33 AM EST WELLINGTON, New Zealand — As tens of thousands crowded the streets in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, on Tuesday, the throng of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest. They were marching to oppose a law that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown. But for many, it was also a celebration of a resurging Indigenous language and identity that