A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

The traditional haka dance traces its roots to indigenous Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand (Aotearoa) - the Maori people. It was designed to replicate the opponents with synchronised ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.

Festivals like the biannual Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland celebrate Māori culture with opportunities to sail ...

The scrumhalf left by making a statement of unity as he led the Haka for a record 64th time. It came after peaceful protests had taken place around New Zealand in relation to the Treaty Principles ...

In The Haka Party Incident, a University of Auckland drinking party is disrupted by Maori activists and the course of New ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 "Happy Chinese New Year" Carnival brought cultural festivities to Grey Lynn Park in Auckland on Saturday. Organized by the China Cultural Center in ...

TJ Perenara's final haka caused a stir in the public last November and a report has emerged that it 'blindsided' the All ...

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

TVNZ and Whakaata Māori are partnering to bring New Zealand’s largest Māori performing arts festival, Te Matatini o Te Kāhui ...