Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian march in New Zealand's biggest city


Some 50,000 attended the March for Humanity rally in central Auckland on the morning of Sept 13. - Screengrab from GASANTWITER/X via ST/ANN

AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Thousands took part in a pro-Palestinian march in Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, on Saturday (Sept 13), in what organisers said was the largest rally of its kind since the war in Gaza began between Israel and militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas.

Some 50,000 attended the March for Humanity rally in central Auckland on Saturday morning, the Aotearoa for Palestine group said. New Zealand police estimated the attendance at 20,000.

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