New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...

April 10 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill targeting Maori rights that sparked protests. The Treaty ...

New Zealand's Treaty Principles Bill has been voted down in the country's parliament, killing off the controversial piece of ...

A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A ...

Teenager Jack Karetai-Barrett is planning a four-day hīkoi from Whakatāne to Mount Maunganui and back to urge people to vote ...

A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents ...

For Temepara, who was named New Zealand’s Gardener of the Year in 2011, this powerful sense of kinship has shaped her passion for championing Maori culture through initiatives that celebrate the ...

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country's ...

She comes from a long line of activists and grew up hearing ... meaningless and halt any advancements Maori have made, critics say. “For 40 years, New Zealand was viewed as a bit of a poster ...

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, traditionally welcome the new year in June, around the time of their winter solstice. For tribes in the Whanganui region, the new year is heralded by ...

New Zealand's High Court has ruled that government officials unlawfully stripped Maori fishing quotas and reallocated them to large fishing corporations, primarily Auckland-based Sanford ...