Why thousands of New Zealanders are protesting against their new government - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s founding document, an agreement between the Crown and Maori tribes, sets out the rights and political power of the Maori people.

But now, a massive unravelling is taking place, with a new coalition government pushing to reinterpret the country’s founding document.

Since taking office in October, the National, Act and New Zealand First parties have scrapped a world-leading smoking ban and plan to roll-back use of Maori language. 

Today, political editor for New Zealand publication Stuff, Luke Malpass, on the most far-right government in New Zealand since the 1980s. 

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