CNA Staff, Sep 7, 2024 / 08:00 am The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new queen after the death of their king — and she’s Catholic. King ...

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.

But Maori and their supporters say the bill undermines the rights of the country’s Indigenous people, who make up about 20% of the population of 5.3 million. Coalition partners the National ...

The Maori King or Queen is considered the paramount chief of several tribes, or iwi, but is not affiliated with all of them. The monarch's role has no judicial or legal authority in New Zealand ...