Police estimated around 10,000 people attended in the wet weather.
Ashburton locals have joined the nationwide protest against the Treaty Principles Bill to “protect” their children’s future.
Canterbury University associate professor Alison Griffith has used her expertise in Roman society to make a unique shout out to the hīkoi challenging the Treaty Principles Bill.
As the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti moves through Aotearoa rangatahi from Ngāti Whakaue made a petition to throw out David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill.
More than 2000 people stood together in Whakatū in solidarity with a hikoi making its way to Parliament.
The hīkoi for the Treaty enters day four, with the march heading for Rotorua.
It’s D-Day for the government’s Treaty Principles Bill, with the legislation up for its first reading after Question Time on Thursday afternoon.
It is a journey that never stops moving the earth.
The Toitū te Tiriti Hīkoi saw an estimated 5000 people join in Tāmaki Makurau, with many people from different ethnicities and cultures supporting the movement.
Two Māori musicians said they were motivated to join the hīkoi because of their own children, future generations, and the tupuna who came before.
