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Hikoi: Significant disruption expected in Wellington today – police

Police are reminding Wellingtonians to be prepared for significant disruption around the region today, as the Hīkoi travels from Porirua to Wellington City.

An estimated 30,000 people are expected to take part in the hīkoi to Parliament, and Police say they have the ability to “quickly scale resources” up or down as required.

The protest is expected to leave Takapūwāhia Marae at about 6am as it makes its way to Waitangi Park, Te Aro.

Participants will then leave Waitangi Park around 9am to travel to Parliament, along the Golden Mile (Courtenay Place, Manners Street, Willis Street, and Lambton Quay).

Motorists are advised to plan ahead, as there is expected to be a higher volume of traffic throughout the region, and people are reminded to expect potential delays and large numbers of people in the central city.

More specific information can be found on the Wellington City Council, Metlink and NZTA websites.

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  1. I would like to know the financial status history of these so called protesters
    More likely rent a crowd
    How can these multitudes just ‘up’ and ‘off’ on a protest without any finances of some kind?
    How many are ‘gainfully’ or ever have been gainfully employed
    On benefits of some kind
    Who pays for all the transport
    It would be extremely interesting to know
    Gravy has many varied and different forms
    These parasites a minority group oppressed underprivileged and disadvantaged always the victim are a liability and destined to become even worse over time
    Who are on a good thing and they know it
    No wet bus tickets here
    The Treaty is a fraud with the status accorded so called maori given a privilege under the banner of forestry and fisheries written in at a latter date
    Like ‘covid’ and Christchurch
    Follow the gravy – sorry hikoi

    • The Waitangi Tribunal sent an interim finding to the Minister of Fisheries on the 30th February 1987, which in effect said that if the fishing quota for commercial purposes were issued, the Crown would be in breach of its treaty obligation, since the “treaty” guaranteed the tribes “full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their fisheries”?
      There is no mention in the 1840 Māori language treaty, the 1840 final draft for the Maori language treaty or the 1869 back-translation of the Maori language treaty, that they had “full exclusive undisturbed possession of their fisheries or forests”.
      In 1989, the government ended up giving Maori 20% of the fishing quota and $100 million of taxpayer sweat equity, plus customary rights to exceed fish limits.
      The Waitangi Tribunal had AGAIN used, and the government had AGAIN accepted a “false treaty document”, to hand over New Zealand taxpayers money, assets, and rights for ALL to a minority.

  2. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi led an impassioned chant to “kill the bill”. As the crowd chanted, Seymour walked back into the Beehive with his MPs, later saying he had been advised not to face protesters for fear of inciting “bad behaviour” – NZ Herald
    Code for kill …

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