Today, Te Pāti Māori issued a Declaration of Political Independence, ’Te Ngākau o Te Iwi Māori’ and are imploring all Māori, people of all ages and ethnicities in Aotearoa to sign the Declaration.
Tens of thousands of people have protested the government's new budget with critics saying it comes at the expense of Indigenous people. An opposition party has said it will launch a Maori parliament.