Māori in New Zealand have been resisting moves by the current right-of-centre government to abolish certain indigenous-specific rights aimed at combatting disadvantage. In a 9-day hikoi or march of ...

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 ...

Over the years, my hopes of visiting Aotearoa — “the land of the long White Cloud,” as the Maori called their enchanted domain — slowly evaporated. So, imagine my delight ...

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population ... the tangata whenua (people of the land ...

New Zealand’s Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi — the 1840 founding pact between ...

New Zealand's population has surged to over 5.3 million, marking a significant growth of 1.3% since 2018, fueled primarily by ...

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

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

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - 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 ...

The contentious "Treaty Principles Bill" sought to redefine the principles of New Zealand's founding document, signed between ...