As tens of thousands of marchers crowded the streets in New Zealand's capital Wellington on Tuesday, they arrived to oppose a law that would reshape the country's founding treaty between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown.
The turnout reflected growing solidarity on Indigenous rights from non-Maori, with people of all ages and races joining together for the protest.
Shanell Bob emphasized the significance of the march when she stated, 'We're fighting for our tamariki, for our mokopuna, so they can have what we haven't been able to have'.
The march was characterized not just as a protest but as a celebration of a resurging Indigenous language and identity that colonization had almost destroyed.
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