List of protests in New Zealand
Appearance
This is a list of protests in New Zealand.[1]
Protests relating to the Treaty of Waitangi
[edit]The Treaty of Waitangi was between the Māori and the British Crown and was first signed in 1840.
Year | Day | Name | People | Location | Notes | Image |
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1844–1845 | Hōne Heke's protests[2] | 1 | Russell | Protest against the British Crown by repeatedly chopping down flag pole. Eventually leading to the New Zealand Wars. | ||
1845–1872 | The New Zealand Wars | North Island | A series of conflicts between the British crown, its allies and various Maori tribes. | |||
1881 | 5 November (invasion of government troops) | Parihaka pacifist settlement | Taranaki | Pacifist settlement invaded by government troops and many prisoners taken without trial. | ||
1898 | Dog Tax War[3] | Northland | Threat of armed civil disobedience over disproportionate taxation. | |||
1975 | 13 October | Māori Land March | 5000 | Auckland | March from Northland to Wellington to increase public awareness.[4] | |
1977–1978 | ended 25 May | Bastion Point protest[5] (Ngāti Whātua land claim) | Auckland | Police and army personnel removed 222 people | ||
1984 | Kia Ora Incident | 1 | Fired after insistence on using the greeting Kia Ora. | |||
2004 | Foreshore and seabed Hikoi | Nationwide | Protest over the seabed and foreshore being declared public land. | |||
2004 | Tim Selwyn axe protest[6] | 1 | Auckland | Charged with sedition | ||
2006 | 6 February | Waitangi protest[7] | Northland | |||
2007 | 15 October | New Zealand police raids | Ruatoki and throughout the country | Several people charged as terrorists, but not found guilty for that offence. Extensive protest over the police handling of the investigation. | ||
2014 | New Zealand war memorial day petition[8] | 12,000[9] | Nationwide | Petition to raise awareness of the New Zealand wars by creating a memorial day | ||
2023 | 5 December 2023 | Government policy protest | North Island | A Te Pāti Māori organised protest regarding the National-led government policy changes. |
Environmental protests
[edit]Year | Day | Name | People | Location | Notes | Image |
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1959–1972 | Save Manapouri campaign[10] | 264,907 signed (1970) | Southland, nationwide | Largely successful in reducing the effect on the lake | ||
1960's-1980's | Nuclear-free protests[11] | Nationwide | ||||
2001 | September | Anti genetic engineering | 10,000 | Auckland | resulting in a moratorium | |
2004–2007 | Save Happy Valley Coalition | West Coast | Anti coal mine protests | |||
2004–2007 | Marsden B protest | Northland | ||||
2010 | 2 May | Opposing mining on conservation land | 40,000 | Auckland | One arrest made |
Protests against employers
[edit]This list contains notable protests against employers ether for the disruption caused or their results on society and working conditions. It also includes protests against the government when it is in the role of an employer. As in a ten-year period from 2005–2015 there were an average of 25 strikes a years this list does not seek to cover every such protest.,[12]
Year | Day | Name | People | Location | Notes | Image |
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1890 | Ended 10 November | Maritime strike[13] | Ports around the country and Australia | First nationwide strike | ||
1908 | Blackball strike[14] | West Coast | ||||
1913–1914 | The Great Strike[15] | 14,000-16,000 on strike | Started in Huntly coal mines and Wellington port | Unionists against employers | ||
1943 | 25 February | Featherston prisoner of war protest and massacre | 240 (49 killed, 70 wounded) | Wellington | Japanese prisoners of war refused to work and may have rioted.[16] | |
1951 | 13 February to 15 July | Waterfront dispute[17] | Nationwide | |||
1978 | Mangere Bridge dispute[18] | Auckland | ||||
1979 | General strike[18] | 300,000 (max) | Nationwide | |||
2006 | supermarket workers’ dispute[19] | Nationwide | ||||
2008 | Junior doctors’ strike[19] | Nationwide | ||||
Protests for or against social change
[edit]Year | Day | Name | People | Location | Notes | Image | |
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1879 | Orange ‘riot’[20] | Timaru and Christchurch | Sectarian unrest | ||||
1893 | Women's suffrage petition[21] | 32,000 signatures | Women's suffrage followed late that year | ||||
1908 | November | No License Campaign | Dunedin | ||||
1916 | November | Blackball | miners went on strike to oppose military conscription.[22] | ||||
1917 | October | Paddy Webb | 1 | West Coast | Webb, a Member of Parliament, opposed conscription and when called up refused military service. He was court-martialled and sentenced to two years' hard labour and his seat was declared vacant.[22] | ||
1943 | 3 April | Battle of Manners Street[23] | 1000 (total) | Wellington | Some of the American servicemen from the American South in the Services Club objected to the presence of Māori soldiers. | ||
1971 | Anti-Vietnam War protest[24] | 35,000 | Nationwide | ||||
1977 | May | An abortion-rights march[25] | Wellington | ||||
1981 | Springbok tour | Nationwide | |||||
1985 | Coalition of Concerned Citizens[26][27] | 800,000 signatures (claimed) | Opposition to the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 | ||||
2003 | February | Anti Iraq War[28] | 10,000 | Auckland and Wellington | |||
2004 | August | Enough is Enough march[29] | 10,000 | Wellington | Brian Tamaki led this protest upholding family values, and opposing the government's proposed Civil Union Bill devaluing the traditional institution of marriage | ||
2005 | Black caps tour of Zimbabwe[30] | ||||||
2008 | April | Ploughshares Aotearoa[31] | 3 | Waihopai Station | |||
2009 | New Zealand Internet Blackout | ||||||
2011 | SlutWalk[32] | Auckland and Wellington | |||||
2011 | Occupy movement | Major centres | Protests in the wake of the 2008 economic crises. | ||||
2012 | Against gay marriage[33] | 250 | |||||
2018 | 26 July | Abortion availability[34] | Wellington | ||||
2022 | Sunday, 6 February | Thousands protest against the vaccine mandates at the parliament grounds in Wellington and Picton | Welllington and Picton | ||||
2024 | Sunday, 23 October | Protests against government policies over worker's rights | All of New Zealand | [35] |
See also
[edit]- List of environmental protests
- List of massacres in New Zealand
- List of protests in the United States by size
References
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- ^ Cheng, Derek (8 June 2006). "Sedition verdict 'harms free speech'". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "A brief history of Waitangi Day". 5 February 2016. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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- ^ "Petition of Waimarama Anderson and Leah Bell – New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Manapōuri petition". teara.govt.nz. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Nuclear-free New Zealand – Nuclear-free New Zealand | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand has a long history of going on strike. Now, it's a complex issue". Stuff. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "1890 maritime strike, Auckland wharves". teara.govt.nz. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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- ^ "The 1913 Great Strike - The 1913 Great Strike | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "49 killed in Featherston POW incident | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "War on the wharves – 1951 waterfront dispute". New Zealand History Online. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
The Waterside Workers' Union protested by refusing to work overtime from 13 February. The shipping companies in turn refused to hire them unless they agreed to work extra hours. When no agreement could be reached, union members were locked out.
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- ^ "Brief history – Women and the vote | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Paddy Webb's resistance to conscription | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "The battle of Manners St". Stuff. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Anti-Vietnam War protests in Auckland | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 passed | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Petition against law reform". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Dudding, Adam (30 June 2016). "Thirty years on from NZ's tumultuous gay law reform bill". Stuff. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Thousands March in Auckland Against USA War | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. 15 February 2003. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Five thousand protest against Civil Unions Bill". New Zealand Herald. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe protest armbands 'would cost cricketers'". NZ Herald. 15 July 2005. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Ploughshares Aotearoa". Ploughshares.org.nz.
- ^ Trathen, Robert. "SlutWalk". teara.govt.nz. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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- ^ https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/531641/as-it-happened-crowds-protest-attacks-on-workers-rights