hikoi

plural hikois

1. New ZealandA protest march, typically involving a long journey.

   The idea of the hikoi was conceived at the General Synod of the Anglican Church but soon came to involve Christians of all persuasions.

   1999, W. R. Atkin, Katrine Evans, Human Rights and the Common Good: Christian Perspectives, page 148

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   Although the coalition was fragile, it was a signal achievement for the Tainui contingent and the main body of the hikoi to arrive at Waitangi on the same day.

   1987, Ranginui Walker, Jacqueline Amoamo, Nga Tau Tohetohe: Years of Anger, page 88

   "There is a proud tradition of hikoi in Aotearoa. We have marched as tangata whenua for our land, for our sovereign rights, for our sacred kai moana, and now we march to honour Papatuanuku and keep her free from GE interference."

   2005, Cathie Dunsford, Ao Toa: Earth Warriors, page 84

present singular third person hikois · participle present hikoiing · participle past hikoied · past hikoied

1. New ZealandTo participate in a hikoi.

   Then in March Ngāti Kahungunu announced that they would hikoi to Wellington with a view to arriving around the time that the Foreshore and Seabed Bill was due to come before Parliament.

   2004, Aroha Harris, Hīkoi: Forty Years of Māori Protest, page 29