The Associated Press on MSN9d
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
New poll shows Labour/Greens/Te Pāti Māori with enough support to form next Government
Photo / Mark Mitchell The Green Party jumped more than any other party, rising by 3.7 points to 13.2%, while Act (0.8-point ...
Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
It’s often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s ...
Waitangi Day: Thousands gather in NZ as Māori rights in focus
Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day.
The New Zealand Herald4d
Waitangi 2025: Google features Māori Doodle by Jordan Tuhura for Waitangi Day
representing ngā iwi Māori (the tribes of the Māori people). They stand as guardians, embodying kaitiakitanga – protection of our country, our identity, and our whenua (land). The two pou ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation4d
Waitangi Day in New Zealand overshadowed by treaty controversy
"If people wonder why church attendance is in freefall ... The treaty between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs paved the way for the annexation of New Zealand, while requiring ...
Scoop4d
Māori And Pacific People Hit Hardest By Lack Of Jobs
The latest unemployment figures reveal that job losses are hitting Māori and Pacific people especially hard, with Māori unemployment reaching a staggering 9.7% for the December 2024 quarter and ...
The Washington Post11d
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
its Māori 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 are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...
CNN10d
A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters
its Māori 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 are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...