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

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.

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 Zealand history is changed forever.

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 ...

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

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

TVNZ and Whakaata Māori are partnering to bring New Zealand’s largest Māori performing arts festival, Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025, to viewers across the motu. Together with Te Matatini Society ...

The Herald can reveal that senior players, coaches, management and New Zealand Rugby staff feel they were blindsided by the specifics of what TJ Perenara said before leading the haka in the All ...