Waitangi Day: Thousands gather in NZ with Māori rights in focus
The celebrations come amid tensions as the government enacts policies some see as anti-Māori.
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‘It’s about togetherness’: Waitangi Day captures a new audience
A groundswell of resistance against the government’s Māori policies is driving many to make the trip to the Waitangi treaty grounds in New Zealand’s far north for the first time. Twenty-year-old ...The Guardian - 5h -
Māori protesters turn their backs on government ministers at Waitangi Day event
Anger at policies that roll back Māori rights surface as rightwing Act party leader David Seymour has microphone removed twice and protesters stage walkout. If New Zealand’s coalition government ...The Guardian - 1d -
Thousands protest against far-right in Berlin
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Thousands demonstrate in Germany against working with the far right
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Tens of thousands protest in Berlin as far right's influence grows
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Biden pardons civil rights leader on last day
Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.ABC News - Jan. 20 -
Fears for vulnerable as thousands without water for days in North Wales
Work continues to restore water to thousands of homes, with concerns for vulnerable people.BBC News - Jan. 17 -
Thousands of students protest in Serbia against violation of civil rights, spy agency crackdown
Serbia’s striking university students have protested outside the Balkan country’s top court to draw their attention to what they say have been violations of their civil rights under the populist ...ABC News - Jan. 13 -
NZ regulator to study Woolworths’ plan to buy Beak & Johnston assets
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