# New Zealand spin-off of "leftist countries" thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-spin-off-of-leftist-countries-thread/1009952>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 8, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-spin-off-of-leftist-countries-thread/1009952 "2024-11-08T00:19:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-spin-off-of-leftist-countries-thread/1009952/41 "2024-11-19T02:21:28Z")

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…the Hīkoi hits Parliament.

> **[Watch: Parliament grounds full as 35,000 join hīkoi, Seymour booed by crowd,...](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hikoi-to-parliament-live-updates-thousands-descend-on-wellington-in-historic-day-of-mass-protest/HGI2Z5XVYBCXVHNDGPSFGWPFBQ/)**
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> The hīkoi is expected to arrive at Parliament around midday.

This is what you call “losing control of the narrative.”

You can see the sort of spin that Seymour & Co tried to put on this by reading the OP of this thread.

But last week, the spotlight on his bill went viral worldwide, and not in a good way for him.

[https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360490122/video-haka-parliament-goes-viral-around-world](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360490122/video-haka-parliament-goes-viral-around-world)

And last week kicked off what is called a Hīkoi, a communal march in protest that started in Cape Rēinga and ended at the capital today.

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