A Kahui Wairua was also established to make sure all faiths are considered in the work of the Kingitanga and that Maori spirituality and Christian values feature in the council's duties.

Indigenous communities across the Tasman are calling for greater respect following backlash and "shocking and disappointing" treatment of a cultural ritual and formal ceremony - Welcome to Country. On ...

As New Zealand goes back and forth on charter schools, the United States is now decades down the road, with most states funding these institutions. In Oklahoma, a legal fight over a charter school now ...

The tradition of prophecy through Christian faith and spirituality manifested in other Māori religious movements. In Taranaki, Te Ua was said to have passed spiritual leadership to Tohu Kakahi ...

India is a country held together, in the words of Nehru, ‘by strong but invisible threads...a myth and an idea, a dream and a vision, and yet very real and present and pervasive.’ ...

Three Maori MPs face suspension from New Zealand's Parliament over performing a haka to protest the Treaty Principles Bill. The parliamentary privileges committee recommended suspensions for ...

In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and Te Pati Maori co-leader ...

A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Maori politicians for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year. The haka is a ...

Maori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, 22, derailed parliament in November when she ripped a copy of the proposed laws in half while performing a spirited traditional chant. She was joined by ...

A NEW ZEALAND parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Maori politicians for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year. The haka is a ceremonial ...

A group of Indigenous Maori lawmakers could soon be banned from New Zealand’s parliament after staging a haka protest against a divisive race relations bill, drawing sharp condemnation and ...