New Zealand observes Matariki, the Māori New Year, as a public holiday. Celebrations include dawn ceremonies and cultural ...

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the breadth and content of agreements the ...

Rawi Pere is one of the leaders of a Matariki project teaching Kapa Haka to beginners - Māori and non-Māori - which will perform publicly in Kerikeri this weekend.

The 2008 NZ–China Free Trade Agreement (FTA), upgraded in 2020, offers major advantages to Māori exporters. Key sectors like ...

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

Panthers' Keona'ikaika Wisniewski was named game's defensive MVP and Doug Bettger got married recently, with Trevon Abraham ...

New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three Māori lawmakers for staging a protest that included performing the haka, a traditional Māori dance, in opposition to a controversial bill. Rawiri ...

New Zealand's parliament has handed record bans to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s parliament agreed on historically lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous lawmakers who last year performed a haka, a traditional Maori dance, disrupting the ...

The silencing of us today is a reminder of the silencing of our ancestors of the past," says Maori party co-leader.

New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor. Maori Party co ...