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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.

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

With the ACT Party’s Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill having its first reading in parliament last week, the debate and protests have been – understandably – focused on the local historical and political landscape.

Māori opponents of a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill staged a haka in Parliament on Thursday

New dynamics in this Assembly mean it will be a very different term.

'I know that's a controversial statement,' Chief Justice says.

The vote was for the controversial Treaty Principals Bill which seeks to reinterpret one of the country’s founding documents.

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown

The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said Wednesday its founding family had offered a counter-bid to a takeover attempt by Canadian convenience store rival Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT).

It's part of a system-wide reform to how basic skills are taught.

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”.