The opposition between the Māori, the original inhabitants of Aotearoa/New Zealand, and the Pākehā, the European newcomers, ...

New Zealand’s Act Party’s flagship bill ... a wish to sever ties with the monarchy due to its colonial history, some Maori leaders prefer to maintain the connection, fearing that abandoning ...

Recently, New Zealand’s cities have become home to ... Here, an 800-year-old pohutukawa tree plays a starring role in Maori oral history. According to legend, it’s the place where the spirits ...

On April the 8th 1945 the New Zealand Division, including the 28th Maori Battalion, launched an offensive from the banks of the Senio River in northern Italy and then dashed towards Trieste where a ...

More than half of the prison population in New Zealand is Maori. Making te reo Maori compulsory in schools would help to promote the real history and unfair experiences that the tangata whenua ...

Deep dive into a rigorous romp through the history of New Zealand, from its volcanic beginnings, through settlement, wars, ...

The New Zealand Maori party launched a petition on its website ... The name Aotearoa, however, has a controversial history, not least as it is believed to have originally been used to refer ...

Maori have been protesting in large numbers, in a 9-day hikoi or march of defiance, walking from the top of New Zealand down to the capital Wellington, joined by non-Maori supporters too.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document for upholding Maori rights. The treaty promised the tribes ...

A Maori folk song rang through New Zealand's parliament after politicians voted to defeat a bill that many feared would erode Indigenous rights. The contentious "Treaty Principles Bill" sought to ...

NGARUAWAHIA, (New Zealand): New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch on Thursday (Sept 5), a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the country’s ...

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively ... months of protest and debate over the place of indigenous Maori in the Pacific nation. The Treaty of Waitangi, first signed in 1840 between ...