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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mike Hohnen

Afternoon Update: 42,000 protest in New Zealand; Alan Jones charged with two more offences; and an ode to the kookaburra

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Eru Kapa-Kingi lead a haka on the parliament grounds in Wellington, New Zealand
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Eru Kapa-Kingi lead a haka on the parliament grounds in Wellington, New Zealand. Photograph: Joe Allison/Getty Images

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About 42,000 people have marched at New Zealand’s parliament to protest against a bill that would would radically alter the way the Treaty of Waitangi – an agreement signed in 1840 between more than 500 Māori chiefs and the crown and is instrumental in upholding Māori rights – is interpreted.

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