So far:

Likely the largest single protest ever in Aotearoa NZ with the #hīkoi in Parliament

Largest number of submissions on a single bill on the Treaty Principles Bill

And yet the political class still pretends this is a contested issue?

The astroturfing needs to be called out!

#ToitūTeTiriti
#NZPol

You know the #hikoi reached deep into every corner of our country...conversations about it with ordinary NZers everywhere - at the supermarket, in taxis, the hairdressers, in cafes, in pubs.

I don't see this "silent majority" for Seymour's Bill and worldview: just his supporters - perpetually aggrieved predominantly older white people who think their privilege and entitlement is somehow being taken away. #NZPol

Resisting battle fatigue

“I’m not from the kōhanga generation and I do struggle with feeling like I’m good enough, Māori enough, doing enough. But I’ve learned as I get older not to let those feelings be a barrier to action.” — Aroha Gilling. #Hīkoi #HīkoiMōTeTiriti #ToituTeTiriti #WhakaRoundFindOut

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/resisting-battle-fatigue/

Laura Walters and Tim Murphy of Newsroom #NewZealand discuss the estimated #Wellington #Hīkoi crowd size and the answer may surprise New Zealanders who trust police estimations.

The biggest difference between Hīkoi mō te Tiriti and past hīkoi: More support from non-Māori #Hīkoi #HīkoiMōTeTiriti #ToitūTeTiriti #WhakaRoundFindOut

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/534466/the-biggest-difference-between-hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-and-past-hikoi-more-support-from-non-maori

Über 40.000 Menschen haben in einem 9-tägigem #Hīkoi auf die Hauptstadt Wellington in #Neuseeland ihren #Protest zum Ausdruck gebracht. Im Maori-Treaty wurden 1840 zwischen 500 #Maori Chiefs und der britischen Krone grundsätzliche Rechte der Maori definiert. Eine aktuelle Gesetzesinitiative stellt diese Rechte nun in Frage.

[en] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/tens-of-thousands-to-converge-on-nz-parliament-as-march-to-protest-controversial-maori-rights-bill-reaches-capital

Kua tuhi taku hoa he kōrero a te hīkoi.

https://pttfaas.com/hikoi

WATCH Thousands protest as Maori rights march reaches New Zealand parliament | Al Jazeera Newsfeed - YouTube

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in front of New Zealand’s parliament as a march against proposed changes to Maori rights reached the capital. Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown was at the scene.

⁨#Hīkoi #ToitūTeTiriti⁩ ⁨#Māori⁩ ⁨#Aotearoa⁩ ⁨#Indigenous⁩ ⁨#NZpol⁩⁩ ⁨#TreatyPrinciplesBil

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AR42ywwgdRw

Imagine if the distasteful debate here in Australia around The Voice to Parliament had instead activated Australians of all colours like the #hīkoi did today in Wellington. Imagine if the behaviour of those involved had been as good? No name-calling. No threats. Just people of goodwill coming together in solidarity to show the racists what they were up against.

This country has no clue. In this case NZ puts us to shame.

How many were on the #Wellington Hikoi?

Caleb's a data scientist who used video editing tools to estimate today's Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti had as over 83,000. He's shared the references and Github analysis on BlueSky. Data geeks may find it interesting. Others have confirmed the size, including a Dunedin hospital protestor in Wellington for the Hīkoi. She said today was easily twice as big as that 35,000 protest.

#Hīkoi
#NZpol
#ToitūTeTiriti
#HīkoiMōTeTiriti

https://bsky.app/profile/mathematiguy.bsky.social/post/3lbbjhnet2s24

"More than 42,000 people have gathered as the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti overflows from Parliament's grounds and onto nearby Wellington streets."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/534140/live-42-000-join-as-treaty-principles-bill-hikoi-reaches-parliament

That's the numbers the cops have given RNZ. Based on the numbers journalists reported they were given by the cops, about protests I attended, I suspect the full number of Hīkoi participants today is probably many times that.

Presented without comment (pinched from Xitter) #HīkoiMōTeTiriti #Hīkoi #ToituTeTiriti #WhakaRoundFindOut

So David Seymour thinks that the Hīkoi is not representative of New Zealand.

I have some questions for him.

If 45,000 people in the Hīkoi is not representative of New Zealand, how many would be?

Where are the demonstrations from those that are representative of New Zealand, as he puts it?

#NZPol #Hīkoi

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534223/hikoi-not-representative-of-new-zealand-david-seymour-says

A post-match #hīkoi observation as someone who could see it all day but not in it: at 5:30, Molesworth St was clear and clean, as are the Parliament lawns. The only traces are a couple of abandoned banners, and overflowing rubbish bins around which everyone has carefully piled what wouldn’t fit. So not just #ToitūTeTiriti but toitū te whenua as well. Ka rawe atu!

Ok, maybe one more photo :-) These pamphlets were handed out to those attending the hīkoi. It included various details, such as social media links, where to get help, for example who to get sunscreen, water, etc. from. Plus various other links, and a map of the hīkoi. But I loved the front page shown here which perfectly laid out how to march and in what spirit. Such positive, energising and unifying words. And it was exactly as it turned out!

Globally, #Hīkoi and #ToitūTeTiriti were trending today.

https://mastodon.social/@trendytoots/113506657801509391

i lived in washington, dc and close by for decades, have attended marches and protests for nearly 30 years. and i can't think of a single time where i experienced such a feeling of joy and pride flowing from a protest march. yes, there was anger as well, but the overwhelming sense i got was "we are here, we are together, and we will not be silenced or made invisible." #Hīkoi #wellington #HīkoiMōTeTiriti