Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Protest
Over 42,000 people marched to protest the Treaty Principles Bill, New Zealand's largest recent Māori-rights mobilisation.
Significance here: The largest recent mobilisation in defence of the Treaty of Waitangi's established interpretation.
· Legislation
The bill redefining tino rangatiratanga narrowly as property rights was rejected by a wide margin.
Significance here: The definitive parliamentary rejection of an attempt to narrow the legal interpretation of tino rangatiratanga.
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