A recent coronial ruling into a cluster of youth suicides in Northland has highlighted deep and ongoing gaps in support ...

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.

As 2025 draws to a close, one theme stands out: Māori have not been passive participants in the nation’s biggest stories-they ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The speaker of New Zealand ’s Parliament told lawmakers he would not consider further complaints about the use of the country’s Māori name, Aotearoa, in Parliament, ...

Māori musician Stan Walker says he is excited to get to experience the culture, the land and the people when he makes his Maui debut March 21 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Get ...

Three Māori members of Te Pāti Māori received unprecedented suspensions after performing a haka in Parliament to protest legislation seen as undermining Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the 1840 agreement that ...

Brian Tweed worked for the Ministry of Education as a contractor in 2024 working on the Pāngarau (mathematics) curriculum. Pania Te Maro was contracted by the Ministry of Education as a lead writer ...

For the first time in over a decade the decreasing trend of Māori smoking rates has stalled leaving health advocates devastated. The latest New Zealand Health Survey showed daily smoking among Māori ...

The former Kiingitanga spokesperson questioned whether the current leadership could heal months of party turmoil.