List of protests in New Zealand

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
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 Hīkoi		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.
2024	10-19 November 2024	Hīkoi mō te Tiriti		North Island	[10]

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.,^[13]

Year	Day	Name	People	Location	Notes	Image
1890	Ended 10 November	Maritime strike[14]		Ports around the country and Australia	First nationwide strike
1908		Blackball strike[15]		West Coast
1913–1914		The Great Strike[16]	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.[17]
1951	13 February to 15 July	Waterfront dispute[18]		Nationwide
1978		Mangere Bridge dispute[19]		Auckland
1979		General strike[19]	300,000 (max)	Nationwide
2006		supermarket workers’ dispute[20]		Nationwide
2008		Junior doctors’ strike[20]		Nationwide