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 ...

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 ...

New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a ...

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 ...

New Zealand’s Act Party’s flagship bill – the Treaty Principles Bill – aims to replace the well-established Treaty of Waitangi with its own redefined version, arguing that current ...

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 politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right-wing-backed proposal that opponents feared would erode indigenous rights. Tens of thousands of people ...

The bill is unlikely to pass, as it does not have enough support in New Zealand's Parliament to be enacted into law. This has not stopped opponents, including white New Zealanders and Maori New ...