Hundreds of protesters march on Jacinda Ardern's office over Māori land dispute

Petition with more than 25,000 signatures will be delivered, calling on New Zealand PM to visit sacred Ihumātao site

Several hundred protesters have marched on Jacinda Ardern’s Auckland office, demanding she visit Ihumātao, the site of a major indigenous land dispute that has broadened into wider anger at government inaction in tackling Māori disadvantage.

The protesters plan to deliver a petition, signed by more than 26,000 people, to the prime minister’s office urging her to travel to the site that has been occupied for the past month as part of a housing dispute.

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