Some community leaders blame the low uptake on the government's vaccination strategy, which included prioritising shots for elderly. About 70% of Maori are under the age of 40. This, coupled with ...

Kornfeld-Matte said that the New Zealand government has the “intention” to improve the lives of elderly New Zealanders, but “on the ground” many are living meager, twilight existences of poverty and ...

Kiingi Tuheitia has proclaimed an open invitation to the Maori iwi, including children and the elderly. Members from the opposition Labour Party, Greens and Te Pati Maori will attend the hui.

In New Zealand, thousands of indigenous Maori are protesting the new conservative government's plans to review a treaty that was signed by British colonists and Maori chiefs almost 200 years ago.

Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members performed a haka — a traditional ceremonial group dance — to disrupt the vote on a controversial bill. The haka is a powerful ...

The proposed law sought to redefine the terms of the nation’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British crown signed 180 years ago. The bill gained wide attention after a video of the ...

WELLINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Maori Health Authority will be shutdown by June 20, the health minister said on Tuesday, as the centre-right government winds back indigenous policies ...