Toitu Te Tiriti is urging Maori to strike countrywide across the New Zealand on Budget Day - as a demonstration against a Government assault on Tangata Whenua and Te Tiriti.
Multiple hikoi are planned, including rolling road blockages in Auckland and a rally outside the Beehive.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says education needs to be the top priority for students.
He doesn't see how a protest focused on race without constructive solutions, will help.
