New Zealand's Māori lunar new year celebrations commenced on Thursday with a dawn ceremony beneath Mount Ruapehu in the North ...

The connection between Matariki and Dark Sky Reserves is natural and profound. For Māori, the stars are tūpuna (ancestors), ...

Winston Peters described Rawiri Waititi as the one with "scribbles on his face" in Parliament. Here's what an expert says.

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks on Thursday over a protest haka they ...

The lawmakers drew global attention in November when they performed the haka, a ceremonial chanting dance of defiance that is a cherished cultural symbol of New Zealand. They were protesting ...

From their first encounters with Europeans in 1642 to the Musket Wars in the first half of the 19th century, the Māori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand, actively resisted British rule, both ...

The haka, a traditional Maori dance of challenge, has transcended its sacred origins to become a cherished cultural symbol for ... redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding ...

The haka, a traditional Maori dance of challenge, has transcended its sacred origins to become a cherished cultural symbol for all New Zealanders ... against a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, ...

The bill would govern how the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Maori tribes, is interpreted in New Zealand law. Watch her speech here.

April 10 (UPI) --New Zealand's Parliament Thursday ... the bill would have reinterpreted The Treaty of Waitangi that established indigenous Maori rights under British Crown governance.