Hello, this week for writing we were learning about the maori land march. We had to research about the maori land march and watch some videos about it. Then we had to make an article here is a copy of my work.
Maori month long walk
Written by Benjamin ROBB
A man leading the protest holding a white flag the whole way from Northland to parliament.
The march started on Sunday 13th september 1975 in northland setting out for a 1000km walk and finished on the 13 october 1975. The point was protest on alienation of their land as well as The land march showed that Maori were able to stand up for themselves. There was a small group of 50 people that started and grew along the way. There was a different range of people from young to old and some different cultures. The crowd got between 4000-5000 people by the time it got to parliament. A quote from people at the protest was ¨It was an exercise of unity¨. One man walked with a white flag the whole way and said ¨it was a tremendous honor to carry the Po for him and his people¨. A third protester said that the march is the first step towards finding some peace with the government at that time. The weather did not dampen the spirits of the people on the way even if it was some of the worst weather.
There was a bus that carried all their things they needed for the whole time and had 2 vans of stuff as well. There were Lots of people and it was a calm protest. On the harbor bridge they were taking up 1 lane and waving their hands round so overall they looked pretty happy.
When did Māori lose their land? They lost it in 1890 more than 4 million acres of Māori land was confiscated at this time, including large areas of the Waikato. It led to a further 8 million acres passing to European ownership between 1865 and 1890. The outcome was that they met at parliament and handed over their petition with 60,00 signatures in 1975 it led to more discussions that are still going on now.
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