In New Zealand this week, thousands of Indigenous Maori took to the streets in protest. They have been voicing their disapproval of the new conservative government's plans to review a treaty that ...

A funeral -- known as a tangi -- for Kiingi Tuheitia is expected to held next week when he will be laid to rest beside his mother, Radio New Zealand reported, which added the Maori leaders will ...

The Government and Labour lined up to pay their respects to Dame Tariana Turia who died on Friday. NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones blew up the paepae at Dame Tariana Turia’s tangi when he ...

The proposed law sought to redefine the terms of the nation’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British crown signed 180 years ago. The bill gained wide attention after a video of the ...

In New Zealand, thousands of indigenous Maori are protesting the new conservative government's plans to review a treaty that was signed by British colonists and Maori chiefs almost 200 years ago.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning at age 69, according to a statement released by his representatives.

By Alexandra E. Petri Kiingi Tuheitia, the Maori king who called for unity among New Zealand’s Indigenous tribes during his 18 years in his ceremonial but influential role, died on Friday.