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 ...

Tribal leaders selected Nga Wai Hono i te Po as the new monarch after the death of her father last week. The second-ever Maori queen takes on the largely ceremonial role at a complicated moment.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the proposal will not become law. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 by Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown.

Photo courtesy of Kiingitanga/ Release 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.

Newsletter sign up New Zealanders in Wellington protest over Maori rights on Nov. 19, 2024 (Image credit: Joe Allison/Getty Images) By Justin Klawans, The Week US published November 26, 2024 ...

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 18, 2023, Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Drifting Right, New Zealand May Abandon Pro-Maori Policies.

People take part in a march led by New Zealand political party Te Pati Maori to demonstrate against the incoming government and its policies, in Wellington, New Zealand, December 5, 2023.

Many Maori Wardens, the majority of whom are women over 40, know them firsthand: economic hardship, alienation, addiction. In recent months, a cost-of-living crisis has hit New Zealanders hard.

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 ...

New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the ...

World Cup is a win for Maori, showcasing Indigenous New Zealand culture long suppressed A man flies the Maori flag known as Tino Rangatiratanga during a 2007 demonstration in Auckland, New Zealand.

Mt. Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land ...