Brian Tamaki’s Freedom and Rights Coalition has met in a protest at Auckland Domain, calling on the Prime Minister to defend free speech and allow the Act Party’s Treaty referendum.
Meetings at Wellington’s Civic Square and Christchurch’s Bridge of Remembrance had also been planned at the same time.
A crowd of 200-300 gathered in Auckland with police keeping an eye on proceedings.
Tamaki urged supporters to meet again in Wellington next Tuesday for another rally.
He said the main reasons for the rally was to call on the National Party to support a referendum on the Waitangi Treaty principles and to withdraw support for Christchurch Call, which has former PM Jacinda Ardern as special envoy.