Maori Land March.
What is the Maori Land March?
The Maori Land March (Hikoi) was a group of Maori people that walked from Northland to Wellington, this group was lead by Dame Whina Cooper, they were protesting for the loss of Maori land. They left on the 14th of September, they then arrived in Wellington on the 13th of October 1975. When they arrived in Wellington they presented a petition signed by 60,000 people to the Prime Minister, Bill Rowling.
It took them 29 days to arrive in Wellington. It was 1,100 kms.
I made this map of the places they walked and all the places they stopped!
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