A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents ...

New Zealand has been crowned the most beautiful country in the world, according to the prestigious ranking by Rough Guides. Nestled in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, this island nation has ...

The mountain known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name, is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which had ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people.

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.

New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island.

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

The speaker of New Zealand ‘s Parliament told lawmakers he would not consider further complaints about the use of the country’s Maori name, Aotearoa, in Parliament, after one lawmaker made a ...

The removal of basic Maori phrases meaning "hello" and "New Zealand" from a Maori lunar new year invitation to an Australian official was not a snub of the Indigenous language by New Zealand's ...

Thousands of people joined a march toward the New Zealand capital against a contentious bill that would reinterpret the country’s founding document.

Kiingi Tuheitia, the king of New Zealand's Maori indigenous people, died Friday at the age of 69, according to a spokesman.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully Friday at the age of 69. He passed away days after the celebration of his 18th year on the ...