The mountain known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name, is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which had ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people.

The bill is unlikely to pass, as it does not have enough support in New Zealand's Parliament to be enacted into law. This has not stopped opponents, including white New Zealanders and Maori New ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land ...

New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia has died only days after celebrating 18 years of his rule. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Britain's King Charles were among those who expressed sorrow.

Toitu te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars, by Lauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki) , gives readers the history of 30 key battles and ...

Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty involving the Crown Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations ...

New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday at age 69, according to a statement released by his representatives.

New Zealand has launched its first nationwide Maori language television channel. More than 600 people crowded in front of the channel's Auckland headquarters before dawn for the emotional opening ...

Many critics -- including some of New Zealand's most respected lawyers -- see it as an attempt to strip long-agreed rights from the country's 900 000 strong Maori population. "We stand here gathered ...

Nga Wai Hono I Te Po was anointed as the new Maori Queen in New Zealand on Thursday.

42,000 march on New Zealand's parliament in support of Maori rights The protest took place in opposition to a proposed law that could rewrite the country's founding treaty between the indigenous ...

New Zealand’s Maori Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII has died at the age of 69. Aides for the king of the country’s Indigenous Maori people said he died in hospital on Friday.