WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities ...

Māori tourism operators are reporting a shift in their visitor books: a surge in demand from domestic tourists, particularly family units and Pākehā women over the age of 30. The subsector of the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, a 22-year-old lawmaker in New Zealand’s Parliament, shot to international fame last year when she ripped up a controversial bill and performed a ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --A new Maori queen was anointed Thursday when the king of New Zealand's indigenous people who died late last month was laid to rest. A statement from the Kiingitanga, meaning the Maori ...

A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents say ...

May 2 (Reuters) - A big win deserves a big celebration, and New Zealand swimmer Lewis Clareburt delivered at the Doha World Championships in February with eyes ablaze and tongue poked out in a Maori ...

The giant moa was the world’s largest bird, up to 11 feet high and 500 lbs., a peaceable, plant-eating giant that lived on the edges of forests in New Zealand’s South Island. Then the island’s first ...

Air New Zealand is launching new uniforms for all of its crew around the world, and the new designs incorporate elements of Māori heritage. The design details—including custom prints that draw from ...

NEW ZEALAND may boast some of the world’s most magnificent scenery, but early British cartographers proved uninspired. They named a steep mountain “Mount Horrible” and a small lake “Silly Pool”. More ...

International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3 (June 2015), pp. 1-19 (21 pages) Publically funded biobanking initiatives and genetic research should contribute towards reducing inequalities in ...