Utu is commonly misunderstood to mean violent revenge, but it really describes reciprocity, harmony and balance – ideas ...

Teachers say removing requirements to recognise cultural identity in early childhood centres is recolonisation, and a backward step.

The crowning of Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki as Māori queen in 2024 refocused world attention on the indigenous Polynesian ...

In Tauranga, Hēmi Rolleston has been elected to represent the Te Awanui Māori Ward following the 2025 by-election. Tauranga ...

Te Pāti Māori says it will run candidates in the general electorate seats at the next election. Speaking after the Treaty Principles Bill was voted down at its second reading in Parliament, co-leader ...

The proposed law sought to redefine the terms of the nation’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British crown signed 180 years ago. The bill gained wide attention after a video of the ...

New Zealand legislators dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British Crown. The Principles ...

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A controversial bill that had set off New Zealand’s largest-ever Maori rights protest was heavily defeated in parliament on Thursday. The Treaty Principles Bill died in its second reading ...