Nga Wai Hono i te Po, 27, is the second woman to assume the ceremonial role. She takes the throne as some of the country’s pro-Maori policies are being pared back. By Victoria Kim The Maori of ...

a member of Parliament who is Maori but is part of New Zealand First, one of the coalition partners rolling back policies that have benefited Indigenous people, told the New Zealand Herald.

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 ...

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 ...

the leader of the right-wing ACT New Zealand Party. Seymour "says that misinterpretations of the treaty's meaning have effectively given Maori people special treatment. The bill calls for an end ...

New Zealand's Maori currently make up about 17% of the population, or about 900,000 people. Women carried wreaths of kawakawa leaves on their heads and were cloaked in patterned shawls. Some prayed ...

Maori people speak te reo Maori and have different tribes, or iwi, spread throughout the country. The two islands were originally called Aotearoa by the Maori. The name New Zealand was given to ...

New Zealand Maori Begin March on Capital to Protest Indigenous Treaty Bill By Lewis Jackson (Reuters) -Hundreds of people on Monday set out on a nine-day march to New Zealand's capital of ...

“I will remember his dedication to Aotearoa New Zealand, his commitment to mokopuna [young people], his passion for te ao Maori [customs], and his vision for a future where all people are ...