WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning at age 69, according to a statement released by his representatives.

Indigenous Maori lawmakers have decried a push to temporarily banish them from New Zealand’s parliament, after disrupting the reading of a contentious race relations bill with a haka protest.

By Victoria Kim The Maori of New Zealand named a new monarch on Thursday, selecting a 27-year-old queen in a symbolic but weighty role as some of the Indigenous group’s hard-fought rights have ...

April 10 (UPI) --New Zealand's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill targeting Maori rights that sparked protests. The Treaty Principles Bill was voted down 112-11 after a government committee ...

The Maori of New Zealand anointed a new monarch on Thursday, officially installing 27-year-old Nga Wai Hono i te Po as their second-ever queen. The ceremony capped off a week of mourning for the ...

The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new queen after the death of their king — and she’s Catholic. King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII died ...

Notably, no members of the Maori community were consulted for the proposed bill, which could have a reverberating impact on the 20 percent of New Zealand's population that identify as Maori.

Sept. 5 (UPI) --A new Maori queen was anointed Thursday when the king of New Zealand's indigenous people who died late last month was laid to rest. A statement from the Kiingitanga, meaning the ...

New Zealand's Maori have a new sovereign, 27-year-old Queen Nga Wai Hono i te Po, who ascended to the throne after accompanying her father and the late king to his final resting place. Thousands ...

SYDNEY: Indigenous Maori lawmakers have decried a push to temporarily banish them from New Zealand's parliament, after disrupting the reading of a contentious race relations Bill with a protest haka.