King Charles looked solemn on Thursday as he shared a traditional Maori greeting with New Zealand conservationist Mere Takoko. The monarch, 76, hosted hundreds of scientists, businesses and ...

Pictures of King Charles sharing a smile with Queen Camilla on the Coronation and rubbing his nose in traditional Maori greeting have been listed among the best photographs of the year.

In 2021, Newshub presenter Oriini Kaipara became the first person to anchor a prime time news broadcast in NZ bearing a moko kauae, a traditional Maori tattoo that covers a woman’s lips and chin.

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WELLINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest challenges to race relations in two decades.

TANGOIO, New Zealand — The wharenui, or meeting house, stood forlorn. Usually the hub of this remote Maori community, it had been stripped of its wooden carvings. The bare cinder block shell ...

The survivors included members of the Indigenous Maori and Pacific Islander communities that have been victims of racism and earlier, of colonisation, for nearly two centuries. Luxon’s apology ...

Protesters, some wearing traditional clothing, were greeted by hundreds waving the Maori flag and chanting. On Thursday, Indigenous Maori leaders staged a haka, a Maori dance that was ...

SYDNEY — New Zealand’s Maori crowned a new monarch on Thursday, selecting 27-year-old Nga Wai Hono i te Po Paki to succeed her late father as unifying leader of the country’s Indigenous ...

Phil Walter / Getty Images 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 ...