BANGKOK, Sept 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against ...

Today on Radio Waatea, we spotlight the New Zealand Māori Council (NZMC) – one of the oldest and most influential Māori representative bodies in Aotearoa, advocating for Māori rights, wellbeing and ...

Air New Zealand’s attempts to trademark a logo of a common Māori greeting has sparked anger and threats of a boycott from the Māori community. The Māori phrase “kia ora,” which translates literally as ...

The New Zealand Maori Council respectfully asks that all parties involved in the Ihumātao dispute take a step back in order that these matters can be resolved between Maori and by Maori. The first ...

I would like to clarify a statement made by an officer purporting to represent the New Zealand Maori Council. Firstly there is an ongoing Inquiry into the 2021 Triennial Elections of the New Zealand ...

A council of New Zealand's indigenous Maori chiefs anointed a new queen on Thursday, as a flotilla of war canoes readied to transport her father, the late monarch, for burial on a sacred mountain. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Bolger in 1996: his drastic economic measures paid dividends - Mark Baker/Reuters Jim Bolger, who has died aged 90, was New ...