Incoming NZ Government Faces Nationwide Protests Over Conservative-Leaning Policies

The Maori Party is organising the protest.

(L-R) Winston Peters, leader of NZ First party, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of the centre-right National Party, and David Seymour, leader of the libertarian-ACT New Zealand party, attend the signing of an agreement to form a three-party coalition government at Parliament in Wellington on Nov. 24, 2023. Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images

Te Pati Maori, a New Zealand political party advocating for Maori rights, has organised nationwide rallies in the early morning to protest the incoming centre-right government.

The protest took place during the rush hours, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., local time, in at least 20 different locations across the country. Around 600 people, led by Te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri Waititi, reportedly marched to the Parliament grounds in Wellington.