Step into New Zealand, a land of unspoiled beauty, thrilling adventures, and vibrant culture. From majestic volcanoes to serene beaches and lush rainforests, this island nation offers an experience ...

Indigenous Maori lawmakers have decried a push to temporarily banish them from New Zealand's parliament, after disrupting the reading of a contentious race relations bill with a protest haka ...

When asked how the Maori party would vote on a bill that they said would dismantle Indigenous rights, Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke – New Zealand’s youngest parliamentarian, at 22 – tore up a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races.

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 ...

According to the Bureau of Economic Research in New Zealand, there are nearly 24,000 Māori-owned businesses in the country. From 2018 to 2023, Māori self-employment increased by 49%, and Māori ...

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke made international headlines for protesting efforts to change New Zealand’s founding document. Now the Treaty Principles Bill is dead, but her work is not done.

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks Thursday over a protest haka they performed against a contentious bill in Parliament last year.

FILE -Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke speaks to the thousands of people gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement ...

New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three opposition lawmakers over their performance of the haka, a traditional Māori dance, as a protest while the body was considering a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law.