When you visit New Zealand, you’ll likely be greeted with “Kia ora,” a Māori-language welcome widely adopted by the country’s ...

Starting from the country’s main gateways, such as Auckland and Christchurch, these road trips offer the best chance to ...

The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ...

The anger surrounding Waitangi Day stems from a controversial plan to redefine New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi, and thus its relationship with the Māori. Criticism of ...

New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori ...

The haka drew global headlines and provoked months of fraught debate among lawmakers about what the consequences for the lawmakers' actions should be.

The bill sought to redefine New Zealand’s founding document, the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi), which established the rights of Māori and non-Māori people. Though the ...

The letter also cites points in New Zealand's history in the 1840s, particularly around specific details in the Treaty of Waitangi and a Royal Charter issued in 1840. The information given in the ...

David Seymour, leader of the libertarian ACT New Zealand party, was sworn in as deputy prime minister on Saturday, taking the role from Winston Peters in a deal struck when the three-party coalition ...

New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three Māori lawmakers for staging a protest that included performing the haka, a traditional Māori dance, in opposition to a controversial bill. Rawiri ...