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It is the biggest petition ever hosted by petition-hosting platform ActionStation.</p><p>The Bill has been called “the worst, most comprehensive breach of the Treaty/Te Tiriti in modern times” and has sparked the largest hīkoi the country has seen.</p><p>Launched by a group of Ngāti Whakaue young people, the petition joins the call of church leaders, community organisations, Te Reo translators, the country’s most expert lawyers and hīkoi attendees across the country - for the Coalition Government to stop the Bill from passing into law.</p><p><strong>Supported by ActionStation, the petition grew by 200,000 signatures in the past week, making it the largest petition ever hosted on their community campaigning platform.</strong></p><p>ActionStation Director, Kassie Hartendorp says that there is an unprecedented unity among people from all walks of life to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.</p><p>“The country has spoken. This Bill is a bad faith attempt to revoke the Government’s commitments to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and it’s visible to not just Aotearoa, but the world. The Coalition Government knew this would cause a breakdown in our Māori/Crown relationship, and decided to sign up for it anyway. Now is the time that we must hold all governments to account to respect Te Tiriti o Waitangi.”</p> <div class="article-left-box-wrapper"><div class="article-left-box"> <div class="headline-right"><div id="in-cont" style="background:white;"> <div id="txt1" style="text-align:left; font-size:14px; font-style: italic; color: grey; padding: 4px;">Advertisement - scroll to continue reading</div> <div style="min-height:250px;min-width: 300px;"><style> @media screen and (max-width: 768px) {.article-left-box {float: none; margin: 20px auto 20px auto; margin-left: calc( (100% - 300px) / 2 );}} @media screen and (max-width: 970px) {#article iframe { max-width: 100%;}} #article iframe { max-width: 100%;}</style>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1493962836337-4' style="padding: 0 20px 0 0; text-align: center;"> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1493962836337-4'); }); </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <p>Petition author Maringi James (Te Rōpū Rangatahi o Ngāti Whakaue) says: “One of the most important goals of this petition is to encourage rangatahi to step into spaces like the submission process. 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