35,000 arrive at New Zealand parliament to protest against controversial Māori treaty bill – as it happened

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The hkoi has reached parliament, filling the grounds and swelling out into the surrounding roads and streets.

It is shoulder to shoulder, with people and flags stretching as far as the eye can see in every direction. The notorious Wellington wind is whipping the flags high, their flicks and pops adding to the cacophony.