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.

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maori Queen Nga Wai Hono i te Po was anointed on Thursday, a week after the death of her father, who had been king for 18 years. Phil Walter / Getty Images The Maori of New Zealand anointed a new ...

New Zealand’s Maori celebrate new era as 27-year-old queen is anointed Nga Wai Hono i te Po Paki takes on the ceremonial role amid heightened tensions with the conservative government, which is ...

The Maori of New Zealand named a new monarch on Thursday, selecting a 27-year-old queen in a symbolic but weighty role as some of the Indigenous group’s hard-fought rights have been rolled back.

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 ...

Notably, no members of the Maori community were consulted for the proposed bill, which could have a reverberating impact on the 20 percent of New Zealand's population that identify as Maori ...

New Zealand has long been known for its progressive policies, including efforts to correct and address historical wrongs against its indigenous Māori population. But as Ali Rogin reports, a new ...

Currently, the Maori make up around 20 percent of New Zealand’s population of 5.3 million, and they already face systemic racial discrimination. To repeal the treaty, Maori lawmakers argue ...

Peter Drury As of November 2022, there were an estimated 892,200 Maori in New Zealand, amounting to 17.4 percent of the population, according to government figures.