Thousands protest Indigenous policies of New Zealand government as lawmakers are sworn in

Thousands of protesters rallied against the New Zealand government's Indigenous policies on Tuesday as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections. Demonstrations in the capital, Wellington, and in about a dozen other New Zealand cities and towns were organized by the minor Maori Party, which advocates for the rights of Indigenous New Zealanders who are known as Maori. Protesters demonstrated peacefully outside Parliament against what they described as the "anti-Maori" policies of the newly elected conservative-led coalition government.