5 (UPI) --A new Maori queen was ... Zealand's indigenous people who died late last month was laid to rest. A statement from the Kiingitanga, meaning the Maori King movement, said Maori elders ...

“We are the kingmakers, we are the sovereign people of this land and the world is watching us here.” Eru Kapa-Kingi, who has become the face of the protest movement, told the crowd: “The ...

the treaty is interpreted as a partnership between the government and its native people, who make up almost one-fifth of the country's population. That's led to legal acknowledgment of some Maori ...

Indigenous Maori people protest outside New Zealand’s parliament against a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown in ...

Well, here to talk about why Maori people are protesting is Claire Charters, a professor of law at the University of Auckland specializing in Indigenous peoples' rights. She also sits on the New ...

But opponents say this "strikes at the core of the country's founding principles and dilutes the rights of Maori people." The proposal has caused backlash on both sides of Parliament after it was ...

New Zealand’s conservative government has introduced a new bill to dismantle an agency set up to improve health outcomes for the Pacific nation’s Maori people. Health Minister Shane Reti said ...

The evangelical author and former school principal leads a growing movement opposed to the country’s Maori “co-governance” model, attracting thousands of people to a series of packed events ...

The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland ... also known as the Maori King Movement, founded in 1858 to unite the Maori under one sovereign. It is one of the longest-running ...

The king, who had held the title for 18 years, was praised by New Zealand’s prime minister for his “unwavering commitment to his people ... or the Maori King Movement.