The haka in parliament was part of a protest that has galvanized the nation. According to local media, an estimated 42,000 ...

Mass protests were held in New Zealand this week over an effort to weaken the rights of the Maori, who often serve as ...

New Zealand's indigenous Maori people have expressed their opposition to a parliamentary bill that could alter their fate. The longstanding conflict between the Maori, who had controlled their lands ...

Protesters March on Parliament to Oppose New Zealand Maori Rights Bill | Vantage With Palki Sharma Thousands gather at New ...

Mere Takoko, the co-founder of Pacific Whale Fund, said it was ‘vitally important’ for both British and Maori peoples to maintain a friendship.

That is now under threat from a draft law that seeks to redefine the principles of the 1840 agreement between hundreds of Maori chiefs and the British Crown. The divisive move drew tens of thousands ...

A recent protest in New Zealand's Parliament in which lawmakers broke into a Haka—a traditional Maori dance—has attracted ...

The agreement was signed on February 6, 1840, by the British Crown and around 540 Maori chiefs. The document is considered ...

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders gathered outside the parliament in one of the country’s largest demonstrations to oppose ...

New Zealand Parliament was temporarily suspended on Nov. 14 after opposition lawmakers in the New Zealand Parliament performed the Haka in protest of a controversial bill. The bill aims to redefine ...

Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand’s capital against a bill to redefine Maori rights in one of the ...

Tens of thousands of people marched on New Zealand's parliament to oppose a bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty ...