WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A teenage thrash metal band screams out Maori lyrics in its latest videos. A popular radio host is learning New Zealand’s indigenous language and sharing new vocabulary with ...

New Zealand Leader Vows Daughter Will Learn Maori, a Waning Language WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has pledged that her newborn daughter would grow up to learn ...

WELLINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Ceillhe Sperath’s ancestors arrived in New Zealand nearly two centuries before Christopher Columbus set off for the New World. Yet for much of the last two centuries, the Maori ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities ...

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.” By Alexandra E. Petri Kiingi Tuheitia, the Maori king who ...

WELLINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Plans by New Zealand's conservative government to roll back Maori rights reforms have revived race as a hot political issue in the Pacific nation, which was previously ...

The Maori of New Zealand anointed a new monarch on Thursday, officially installing 27-year-old Nga Wai Hono i te Po as their second-ever queen. The ceremony capped off a week of mourning for the ...