Thousands of protesters including Māori warriors in traditional dress marched on New Zealand’s parliament Tuesday in opposition to a draft law that they say would erode the rights of indigenous people.

Nine-day march across New Zealand culminates in Wellington as huge numbers gather to protest bill that opponents say seeks to dilute Māori rights.   00:17 More from the indefatigable Eva Corlett – a background explainer on the Treaty Principles Bill.

Equality, though, is still a way off, says Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, co-leader of Te Pāti Māori (Maori Party). “We can’t live equally if we have one people who are the indigenous people living ‘less than’,” she argues. What the coalition ...

A proposed bill would revise the country's foundational treaty with Maori people and is hugely unpopular. Here's what to know.

Māori lawmakers performed a traditional haka dance to protest a New Zealand bill that could redefine the country's relationship with Indigenous people.

Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march to New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, to protest a contentious bill that redefines the country’s founding agreement between the British and the Indigenous Maori people,

Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as thousands rallied against a conservative proposal accused of stoking racial divisions. Former conservative prime minister Jenny Shipley said the proposal threatened to "divide New Zealand in a way that I haven't lived through in my adult life".