The bill has become a flashpoint on race relations and a critical moment in the 180-year-old conversation about how New Zealand should honor its promises to Indigenous people

A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs has triggered political turmoil and a march by thousands of people the length of the country to Parliament to protest it. The bill is never expected to become law. But it has become…

WELLINGTON, NOVEMBER 18: A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand's founding treaty between the British Crown and Maori chiefs has triggered political

A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people has triggered political turmoil. Here's what to know.

Thousands of people are marching the length of New Zealand in protest of a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.