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 ...

The bill is unlikely to pass, as it does not have enough support in New Zealand's Parliament to be enacted into law. This has not stopped opponents, including white New Zealanders and Maori New ...

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 ...

New Zealand to debate suspensions of Maori legislators over protest haka In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a ...

The king of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people died Friday while recovering from heart surgery at age 69, with aides saying he had "passed to the great ...

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 ...

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: New Zealand has long been known for its progressive policies, including efforts to correct and address historical wrongs against its indigenous Maori population.

William Brangham: New Zealand has long been known for its progressive policies, including efforts to correct and address historical wrongs against its indigenous Maori population.

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.

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.

The bill is unlikely to pass, as it does not have enough support in New Zealand's Parliament to be enacted into law. This has not stopped opponents, including white New Zealanders and Maori New ...

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.