Ireland begin their summer tour of New Zealand with a game against the Maori All Blacks in Hamilton on Wednesday morning. Two of the three favourites for next year’s Rugby World Cup, along with hosts ...

“I live in the Maori world,” says Te Mairiki Williams. He says this because I have asked him about his moko, the tattoo that covers his face. I asked because this is not a usual thing you see these ...

Indigenous Maori politicians broke with protocol at the opening of New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday, pledging allegiance first to their descendants and the country’s founding document before ...

The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new queen after the death of their king — and she’s Catholic. King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII died on Aug.

New Zealand's parliamentary proceedings came to a halt when people in the public gallery broke into a haka, a traditional Maori dance, after the newest lawmaker from the Maori Party, Oriini Kaipara, ...

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on 9 October after the public gallery broke into a haka, a traditional Maori dance, following the maiden speech of new Maori Party MP Oriini Kaipara.

Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, traditionally welcome the new year in June, around the time of their winter solstice. For tribes in the Whanganui region, the new year is heralded by the ...